"John Freck" wrote in message
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Why did Britain win the BoB?

Let us imagine that we are going to be playing a complex wargame
assigned to us some 3rd or 4th year military science course. There
are 20 classmates. Each will have to write a report from either
GErmany's or Britain's perspective, and the grade will determine your
standing on your team when the game is played.
The Battle of the Atlantic is open to play too. In addition, any
commentary on any matter could boost your grade. Such as commenting
on mass communications then and now, or anything that seems intersting
and anytime relevant to military studies.

The setting is July 1st, 1940. What must the Axis do better? And
what must the Allies do better?

To me it looks like Germany can improve a lot, and Britain only a
little bit. It is easy for the Axis team to create a shopping list of
things to do better, or more, or less, but what can be put on the
Allies list?

John Freck

Dispersing the aircraft helped a lot, not to mention the underestimation by
the Germans of the British radar, add to that the Germans overestimating the
remaining RAF forces. Some better intelligence by the Germans may have
changed the whole thing for the British.

What would have happened if the Germans had successfully over-run England? I
imagine a bloody period followed by protracted fighting until the US decided
to lend a hand. At which time, the German forces would find themselves both
attacking the British whilst defending themselves from US attacks. If the
channel was cut for German supplies England would be retaken. The losses to
all sides would have been horrendous though.

Just my quick 2 minute thoughts on it.


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