- 20 Nov 2009 17:20
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The Blackburn Skua?!!? had a terrible record virtually withdrawn from service from the moment it saw action.
The Northern Bases enabled the British to control the extent of their commitment and retain a reserve and some sort of control over the battle so in the case of an emergancy like an Invasion they would have fresh resevres to commit to the battle. The RAF won the battle of Britain the luftwaffe were totally unable to exert any sort of air domiance over england. In order to mount a serious invasion they would have to maintain some sort domiance for a lengthgly period. It's not just getting the troops ashore it's providing the continous supply. The GEramsn really were not geared up to mount a serious invasion, they lack any sort of specializsed vessals. It would have been pretty ad hoc and the vessals they would be forced to use are would be sitting ducks. Any sort of even brief laspe of air cover could lead to catasphoric losses in very short order. Then there's the Royal Navy, not so much the big ships but just the destroyers of which the RN had plenty and the germans had very few and were pretty shot up by the norway effort. The Royal Navy had a strong tradition of not counting the odds and attacking no matter what (espcially in destroyers)
The Northern Bases enabled the British to control the extent of their commitment and retain a reserve and some sort of control over the battle so in the case of an emergancy like an Invasion they would have fresh resevres to commit to the battle. The RAF won the battle of Britain the luftwaffe were totally unable to exert any sort of air domiance over england. In order to mount a serious invasion they would have to maintain some sort domiance for a lengthgly period. It's not just getting the troops ashore it's providing the continous supply. The GEramsn really were not geared up to mount a serious invasion, they lack any sort of specializsed vessals. It would have been pretty ad hoc and the vessals they would be forced to use are would be sitting ducks. Any sort of even brief laspe of air cover could lead to catasphoric losses in very short order. Then there's the Royal Navy, not so much the big ships but just the destroyers of which the RN had plenty and the germans had very few and were pretty shot up by the norway effort. The Royal Navy had a strong tradition of not counting the odds and attacking no matter what (espcially in destroyers)