IF Hitler had gone forth with the invasion of Britain and IF the Navy did destroy the German invasion fleet, then I would agree with you, but as it is Hitler cancelled the invasion of Great Britain because the Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority against the RAF. The Battle of Britain was won in the sky over England, not in the seas of the English Channel.

It's just my humble opinion, and I'm probably wrong, but I believe that in any campaign many factors are involved. It's like Chaos Theory (a butterfly flaps its wings over Tokyo and six months later you get rain in New York City instead of sunshine). The RN smashes-up the German Navy in Norway. The Germans plan to use river barges instead of true landing craft. The Germans show initial success in attacking Britain from the air (attacking airfields and other infrastructure). A German bomber group inadvertantly "ditches" its bombs over a blacked-out London. The RAF retaliates with a raid on Berlin. Hitler loses his marbles and switches to attacking cities. The RAF shoots down a bucket-load of bombers. The US starts sending lend-lease four-stacker destroyers to Britain, severely turning the tide in light ships against Hitler. The "Leopards", as Churchill wanted to call The Commandoes, begin messing things up wherever they go.

I guess that what I am trying to say is that all the Brits were heroes, most of the Germans were heroes, and, Hitler had simply run out of marbles to lose. But, I guess that's what you get when you have a paranoid, tantrum-throwing corporal running the show.

That's just my opinion, so I'm probably wrong.

I could not agree with you more! Hitler was "on camera" suprised at the speed of his victory in France ECT. He simply did not plan for an attack on the UK! (So soon) Russia was and many others believe, was his main target. During the "Phoney war" both sides waited for attack, I think if Hitler had "gone in" to the USSR, the UK and France would not have moved against him. After all no-one then liked Stalin and the would have "negotiated a treaty" before too much blood was shed. In the end though, what matter, we destroyed the beast and all his evil in the world then!

Semper Fi!

Hitler never wanted a war against England. He kept saying in speeches that "England was not our (Germany's) natural enemy". I'll agree that Hitler was ill prepared to launch an invasion of the UK in June 1940, but he never really wanted to anyway. What he really wanted was for the UK to sign a non-aggression pact and for them to participate in the invasion of the USSR. He thought he could play to Churchill's known anti-Soviet sentiments.

What Hitler didnt realize was while Winston really disliked the Soviets, he disliked the Nazis even more.