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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGuy" data-source="post: 656424" data-attributes="member: 44360"><p>Manstein said the failure to attack Britain was by far the greatest German mistake of the war. He makes a compelling argument that Hitler's plan was to frigthen them into submission and/or alliance. The main part of his argument is that the operation isn't actually as technically difficult as some have suggested due to the narrowness of the Channel, if launched immediately many of the British troops would have been lacking equipment left in France, it was actually going to be two Canadian divisions assigned to the beaches(as they were fresh and had not been used in France). </p><p></p><p>The use of the Luftwaffe(and other axis air forces, mainly Italian) is Manstein's supporting evidence, if the Germans had concentrated all avalable air power and used it in a short extremely intense burst it could have cleared a way for a German invasion. The Battle of Britain was lost cause from the start since it bought Britain and the Empire time to marshall it's forces and seek outside assistance.</p><p></p><p>His memoir is a great read, my favourite part is when he focuses on how the enemy should have reacted to his(and other German) plans, he goes into great detail in parts on how the Poles and Russians should have carried out their operations. Frankly the Russians could have won the war a lot earlier if they'd been strategically skilled enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGuy, post: 656424, member: 44360"] Manstein said the failure to attack Britain was by far the greatest German mistake of the war. He makes a compelling argument that Hitler's plan was to frigthen them into submission and/or alliance. The main part of his argument is that the operation isn't actually as technically difficult as some have suggested due to the narrowness of the Channel, if launched immediately many of the British troops would have been lacking equipment left in France, it was actually going to be two Canadian divisions assigned to the beaches(as they were fresh and had not been used in France). The use of the Luftwaffe(and other axis air forces, mainly Italian) is Manstein's supporting evidence, if the Germans had concentrated all avalable air power and used it in a short extremely intense burst it could have cleared a way for a German invasion. The Battle of Britain was lost cause from the start since it bought Britain and the Empire time to marshall it's forces and seek outside assistance. His memoir is a great read, my favourite part is when he focuses on how the enemy should have reacted to his(and other German) plans, he goes into great detail in parts on how the Poles and Russians should have carried out their operations. Frankly the Russians could have won the war a lot earlier if they'd been strategically skilled enough. [/QUOTE]
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