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To: yarddog
Yes, Churchill discussed it in his book. His main idea was to move the government, Royal Navy and as much of the Army as they could to Canada. So far as I know, however, there was never any actual planning.

It all came down to the Battle of Britain. After Dunkerque it would take months to reequip the Army and train enough new soldiers to be able to defeat the Germans on land. But, the Germans could not get an invasion force past the Royal Navy - unless they could establish air superiority over the Channel. When the Luftwaffe could not defeat the Royal Air Force, Hitler knew the jig was up and abandoned invasion plans.

8 posted on 07/13/2017 5:04:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

What an astounding leader. He reminds me very much of our current president. In the beginning, no one took him seriously. In the end, his leadership kept England alive and free until the US entered the war. The sad part is that within 2 weeks of VE day, he was voted out of office because he hated socialism.


12 posted on 07/13/2017 5:25:31 PM PDT by robert14
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To: colorado tanker

So far as I know, however, there was never any actual planning.


Operation Fish?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fish


35 posted on 07/14/2017 6:19:00 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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