Perfect example of the blinkered mindset. The UK had a Navy, an Air Force and a land Army. 3 legs. The Army leg was damaged but the other two legs were able to outfight and scare away any German Invasion. The Germans did not decide to give up because of the Channel. They gave up because their Air Force was soundly beaten when trying to achieve air superiority and because the German Navy realised that if they tried to cross the RN would simply crush them. It was the prospect of a humiliating defeat that made them turn east. The Germans simply were not strong enough to overcome the UK (3 legged)Army.stg 44 wrote: Were it not for the Channel do you really think the British army would stop the German army in 1940?
Lesson: If you start a war with an island nation make sure you have a powerful Navy.
stg 44 wrote: Sure, the RAF stopped the Luftwaffe, because the Luftwaffe had a (insert laundry list of pathetic reasons why the better side threw away victory and on no account allow for any possibility they were outfought).......................... whine...................whine......................whine......................
stg 44 wrote: That's what happens when a dictator .........(insert variation of 'its all Hitlers fault' and quote excuse making German General's memoir where he explains how he could have won the war in 3 months)..........................................
stg 44 wrote: So a guy that wrote about the Canadian army is your example? A force that made up less than.......(insert special excuse that negates any argument that says Germany could be beatable in a fair fight......................................
Then show us how the magnificent 'at its peak' German Army smashed through the Dunkirk perimeter and captured the 400,000 troops 'trapped' there.stg 44 wrote: BTW your example from 1944-45 you cited from the Platoon memoir is hardly representative of German or British armed forces for the entire war, as it was the peak of British competence in terms of ground operations as well as relative strength against the Germans, while on the German side that was after 5 years of horrible bloodletting, the vast majority on the Eastern Front, and after the losses of Operation Bagration where and entire German army group was shattered by far more Soviet troops. By late 1944 the German army was on it's last legs and using old men and boys to fight.