[john drake]

Agreed; those are Luftwaffe officers, none of which I recognize as a significant historical figure. Given Hitler’s appearance, this appears early in the war; I suspect this meeting had something to do with the air blitz on Britain where the Luftwaffe tried to destroy the British will to fight via bombing and attempted obliteration of the RAF. Neither succeeded, obviously. The fact that Goering isn’t in the meeting (or can’t be seen) implies it a lesser serious debriefing. Nice boots, though.

[goldstategop]

The German Air Force would need to gain air superiority over the English Channel to mount an invasion of England. The problem was the German Navy lacked the means to take on the Royal Navy and it was short of landing craft to ferry large numbers of soldiers across the straits. And Hitler's mind was always on the coming conflict with the Soviet Union. The Germans hoped bombing Britain would break its will to resist their domination of the Continent but it didn't have the desired effect. As they say, the rest was history.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus