To: Poohbah
It would have been interesting to see how a major air drop (a la Crete)would have factored into Sea Lion.
53 posted on
05/08/2003 4:23:45 PM PDT by
Sid Rich
To: Sid Rich
The Fallschirmjaeger would have fared much better than they did in Crete, because the Royal Navy would have had a much tougher time closing the Channel than they did closing the Eastern Med.
57 posted on
05/08/2003 4:28:34 PM PDT by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
To: Sid Rich
It would have been interesting to see how a major air drop (a la Crete)would have factored into Sea Lion.Weather, British radar, and the RAF Fighter Command would have made this a dubious military gamble at best.
77 posted on
05/08/2003 5:03:31 PM PDT by
elbucko
("Achtung! Spitfire!")
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