[Mr.Clark]

I disagree. The North Africa invasion was not initiated until late 1942, and even that was a tough operation. Read Rick Atkinson's new book to see how close that was to a disaster. Really, the wargame scenario is tough to run, because there are so many variables. However, if Hitler had managed to win the skies over Britain, let's say late 1940, the US would have had a hell of a time getting to Britain and fighting the Wehrmacht successfully. I mean, the biggest German advantage would be the fact that their supplies would be 20 miles away across the Channel, while American supplies would be coming from 3000 miles away. The American army at the time was woefully outmatched by the Germans, they still were in 1942. This is all supposing that FDR would be able to rush a war amendment through, which would not have been a slam dunk.

[John H K]

However, if Hitler had managed to win the skies over Britain, let's say late 1940, the US would have had a hell of a time getting to Britain and fighting the Wehrmacht successfully.

No matter what, an attempted German invasion would have been a complete disaster. Even IF the Luftwaffe had "won" the Battle of Britain.

The German Navy had been essentially wiped out in the invasion of Norway. They had really terrible, small landing craft. The Royal Navy was based at Scapa Flow and was a long flight for the LW. Once the invasion started, the RN would have been able to make it south and shoot up the landing craft...even if 90% of the RN was wiped out by the LW on the way the remaining 10% would have crushed the landing craft.

Sealion was really a half-assed joke. Britain was never in serious danger of invasion.