On Mar 20, 8:21*am, Bill Kambic wrote:
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:46:13 -0000, "Keith Willshaw"
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If the Germans had invaded they would have had about 48 hours to win
or they would have had to either withdraw of die slowly of starvation.
The "logistics tail" to support any sort of extended campaign did not
exist.

Britain had excellent first-hand knowledge of an inadequately planned,
operated and supported invasion:
http://www.battle-fleet.com/pw/his/gallipoli_ww1.htm
It's said that the loser learns more than the victor and that seems to
have been the case between World Wars 1 and 2.

The US had the advantage of unimportant islands to bungle a few
invasions on and learn the right way to do them, though at a high
cost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa

jsw