American Reacts How did Germany plan to conquer Britain in WW2? - Operation SeaLion

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[@sly6627]

They would have had to deal with Captain Mainwaring and co , they were 'doomed I tell you'

[@Shoomer1988]

Well, they don't like up 'em.

[@araptorofnote5938]

In reality the home guard were capable of making things very difficult for an invading army. Quite unlike the incompetant pensioners depicted in 'Dad's Army'.

[@SteveBagnall-gh1fu]

This comment is wasted on non British people.

[@ianmurphy7974]

Connor if the Germans had been marching up Whitehall we wouldn’t have surrendered. As Churchill said London alone fought street by street would absorb the whole German & British army. It would have been to the last man standing. What a generation!!

[@stuartjohnellis]

nice thought but unlikely. If there was serious threat of an invasion once the RAF was destroyed, Britain would most likely have sued for peace/non aggression pact. Germany would have probably been accommodating considering the resources it would have taken to launch a major invasion with questionable success

[@Bakers_Doesnt]

The potholes alone would cripple German tanks! If only they thought of air-dropping tankers of beer, there'd be no resistance.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Dover was the focal point at the bottom of England for defence. It was used for hundreds of years strategically.The Romans used it, The Plantagenets used it and it was used in WW2. I highly recommend the video I put up recently on it "Secrets Of Great British Castles - Series 1 Episode 1 - Dover Castle - 2015 HD"

[@vtbn53]

The ability of the UK to quickly build up it's munitions capability is nothing short of amazing, within a couple of years they were send thousands of tanks to the Soviet Union, of course the raw materials were coming in from the empire and the US, without that it would not have happened, but that's what friends are for.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

lol... Do you know, how the Red Tankers called the Brit. Churchill tanks? Enemy of the Tankers..."

[@albrussell7184]

Any invasion would have failed within two weeks. In the early 1970s wargames at the UK's Officer Training College using the original German invasion plans, and with German Officers who drew up those plans playing the part of the Germans, showed any invasion would fail. The Germans would have no readily available source of fuel, transport and resupply was a major problem across the channel. The British Army strategy was to defeat the German Army by attrition rather than set piece battles and German forces would have none of the advantages they had in France. Also the UK had set up many secret defences, and a hidden army of saboteurs, some of these have only recently made public or are still be discovered.

[@chrisgibson7591]

Russia didn't intervene on behalf of Britain it intervened on behalf of itself which helped the British in the long run ,Russia lost a lot of men

[@FlashyVic]

They didn't intervene at all. That decision was taken out of their hands when the Germans attacked them. Before that they used their influence in communist controlled or sympathetic trade unions in Britain to try to disrupt the war effort there on behalf of their then German allies. Luckily that policy was largely a failure. Dont forget Soviet Russia invaded Poland from the east at the same time that Germany did from the west in 1939. An action that led to the likes of the infamous Katyn Massacre among many other Soviet atrocities on the Poles. Soviet Russia was no friend of Britain before Operation Barbarossa started and would have been morre than happy to see both Germany and Britain slug it out and in doing so weaken both.

[@Shoomer1988]

It didn't intervene, it got invaded.

[@alexm.h.8270]

@@Shoomer1988 chrisgibson most likly mean that they would intervene in that senario on behalf of itself to conquer land, not the real war.

[@JackNeil-zz2uw]

After they invaded Poland, and they had a non-aggression pact

[@alexm.h.8270]

@@JackNeil-zz2uw yes, I now about the facts that happend in the war. I only wanted to right about the senario in the Video were he mentioned the Sowjets

[@Ayns.L14A]

Connor, if Britain had capitulated there would have been no lease lend agreement ,America would not have put the oil and trade embargo on Japan triggering the attack at pearl harbour, and so America wouldn't have entered the war, Japan was at the time fighting in China and needed the oil and trade to continue it. Hitler's attention would have been focused on the USSR as it is connected by land, America was too far away and too big to attack successfully so it would have been a non starter, also do some research into the attitude and feelings of the american people before pearl harbour, they looked at it the same way many do today with the war in Ukraine it's a "European War we should not be involved in"....

[@kingseb2252]

Which is why the americans were stupid if by some miracle germany defeated uk and ussr who is the last possible threat yeah usa they could take canada then invade from the Canadian border war was always gonna happen either with Japan or Germany

[@davidclarke7122]

The 1969 Movie "Battle of Britain" would be a good watch for you, it tells both sides of the story and is almost a documentary

[@RushfanUK]

Even following Pearl Harbour America was not gearing up for a war in Europe as they were only at war with Japan, Hitler made the fatal mistake of declaring war on the USA which brought them into the European theatre, one thing though is that had the Nazi's had more time they may very well have developed long range jet bombers and nuclear weapons, there was a prototype bomber that looked a bit like modern American stealth bombers.

[@Ayns.L14A]

@@RushfanUK The Horton 229.....

[@generaladvance5812]

The fact the plan involves 'river barges' at all speaks volumes. The allies had full air and naval supremacy, years of planning, mulberry docks and specialised landing craft and the fight for the beaches was still difficult. The German surface fleet at the time was tiny and most of the destroyers had been lost during the Norway campaign. Sealion would have failed and probably ended the war a bit sooner as a result.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Well, well, well... One of the first things what Sir Winston did, when he came to office, was to send in a comission of all naval experts, to check out, what the RN, was able to do, to prevent an German invasion. And this experts, came to the conclusion, that the RN was not able to prevent an invasion. So much, for the pathos...

[@user-xz6qk9wf9j]

In fact Germany underestimated the RAF. The German pilots were coming back saying that they'd shot down many more planes than they did. So the German high command got a huge shock on September 15th 1941

[@philipwelsh1862]

The spitfire and hurricane were some of the English built super aeroplanes amongst others that the German FOCKE WULF 109 was a good aeroplane also that gave the English aeroplanes a hard job to shoot down

[@chrismackett9044]

Not sure that the dramatic narration and the childish cartoons add to this video

[@philshorten3221]

there was also a ridiculous maths problem. Both sides counted how many Squadrons the other side had. However the RAF typically had 12 + 4 spare aircraft Luftwaffe operated 12 without those extra spare aircraft. So when counting the Germans underestimated while the British over estimated

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@philshorten3221 Brit. propaganda, always doubbled in their anouncments the casualities of the Luftwaffe...

[@nicksykes4575]

Hi Connor, Timeline has a discussion on KZbin "Real Fake History, What if Nazi Germany Had Won The Battle of Britain". Hosted by Dan Snow at the RAF Museum Hendon, the panel is two professional historians and an amateur who studied history at university, Joe Thomas of the inbetweeners. I thought it might pique your interest.

[@philshorten3221]

Hitting the Radar installations. It's unlikely a bomb would actually hit the tower, but the surrounding infrastructure / comms was severely damaged. Fortunately that damage wasn't immediately obvious and so the Germans didn't "see" what the bombing achieved. On the other hand the German Aircrew could see and understand what bombing airfields meant, because they operated aircraft from airbases. Radar was this weird rather abstract target.

[@glo0115]

Was recently my Grans funeral and we were all reminded of her favourite memory as a child. Sitting at the top of the biggest hill in the town watching the Germans fly over to bomb Sheffield. She always remarked "It was Sheffield the sh*ts deserved it!" Watching the guy doing the ceremony, trying to keep a straight face The funeral was held less than 30 miles from Sheffield 😅

[@Scaleyback317]

Germany was never going to succeed in the invasion of the British Isles. Factors needing to be considered. The Home Fleet was held in the north of Scotland out of range of German forces. Much of the German invasion fleet were shallow draft river boats, ill suited to seagoing even in the finest of weather. To sink substantial numbers of these barges the RN would not even have had to open fire, they could merely turn at speed and any barge caught in the wake would almost certainly capsize. That fleet would sail the length of the British Isles enjoying local air superiority as each fighter group passed the defence on to the next group as they closed the distance between Scapa Flow and Dover. German aircraft would be operating with less fuel reserve than the RAF aircraft. Most Important and almost always overlooked was the simple fact that Germany had very little in the way of armour peircing bombs, HE could cause damage and nuisance and some casualties but nothing which could not be repaired fairly quickly from a variety of ship yards the length of that coast. The Luftwaffe would struggle to cause any significant damage to the fleet, Those barges/men surviving the RN onslaught would then come under the enormous artillery barrage from a huge variety of calibre coastal and field artillery. Those jumping from planes would face the RAF at full strength in the south east plus the anti aircraft artillery defences which would hinder further. Now those paratroopers who landed would be landing with what they could carry there would be little to no chance of replenishing whatever they need to continute to fight. The infantry landing on the beaches would then be faced with an efficient defensive system and a lot of ground troops. I have wondered if any would survive the journey and if they did what condition would they be in to fight? The British ground forces would not even had needed to run risky defensive or counter attacks time would defeat the Germans as they ran out of everything required to wage war. That included sleep. I would hazard a guess that a leisurely and cautious ground campaign by the British (and Canadians) there in force would merely grind the Germans to a standstill until surrender became a far more attractive option than certain death if they attempted to prolong the action. All in all it is a shame the Germans persuaded themselves not to go ahead, it would have been a wonderful morale booster for a country struggling to play catch up in the ability to wage war and it would have dented the invincibility of the German Army. In short then it is unlikely the amphib force would even get off a British beach and even if they did it would be in such small numbers as to be ineffective. The airborne forces would be fighting the one enemy no human can beat. His own body, after days of sleep deprivation, food, ammo, medical, replacement deprivation they inevitably would have succumbed even if the British had just encircled them and let nature take its course. No supplies or reinforcments were coming. This, of course, is all with the wisdom of hindsight a luxury not afforded to the civilians or the hastily cobbled together miitary stood in defence of the south eas of England. They must have thought the Germans to be some sort of superhuman being. All but the veterans of the first war of course who knew they had the measure of the Germans. Many of the Home Guard were veterans of the first war and with the addition of hundreds of thousands of rifles and machine guns and light artillery peices from the US and Canada they were well armed enough to take care of what needed doing. Add to that British industrial capacity was enormous and it only took a matter of weeks before the much of what had to be left in France had been replaced. The Briton of 1940 could not have known the forlorn hope of the German forces if they had gone ahead but it would not have taken them long to learn how vulnerable the Germans were.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

What a lot of BS... Not able to cripple Brit. ships... What was there on Crete... How many RN ships, were sunk by the Luftwaffe, a quater year later? Always the same Brit. heroic shit...

[@Scaleyback317]

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 8 months - about double that which you state. If the Luftwaffe had made an error judgement would that 8 months be enough time in wartime economy to either ensure production was stepped up or the bombs available were transported to where they were needed? Seems the best change of slowing down/stopping the Grand Fleet should it have needed to sail southwards would have been the Kriegsmarine. Unfortunately the RN and the Kriegsmarine had met in the waters around Norway and whilst the losses sustained by the RN were not inconsiderable the RN fleet was so large it was hardly noticed. For the Kriegsmarine it was a large percentage of their available fighting ships and the Kreigsmarine spent most of the war holed up in home waters/ports. Not so much "Always the same Brit. heroic shit.." more one of luck on behalf of the British and probably bad planning by the Germans. Their plans for Sealion was, pardon the pun, full of holes. Very little of heroism involved in the scenario I depicted simply because it did not happen. Sorry you have such a chip on your shoulder. Royal Navy:[6][b] 12 fleet and 7 auxiliary ships sunk, 22 damaged According to Wikipedia 7 were sunk by aircraft actions - HMS Fiji (58) HMS Gloucester (62) HMS Greyhound (H05) HMS Hereward (H93) HMS Juno (F46) HMS Kashmir (F12) HMS Kelly (F01) Two cruiser (I believe one of these was sunk by Italian bombers) Five destroyers.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@Scaleyback317 Yes... Are you ever been to Crete? I have. Crete is considerably further away from the German and Italian airfields of the time than the landing zone on the Channel. In addition, 4 of 5 German air fleets were gathered in northern France. There were also Italian units. And there is something else you are missing... During an invasion battle, all the advantages that the RAF had during pure air combat disappear. The fighting takes place over the sea and over the German bridgeheads. An English pilot who is shot down is not in a new plane 2 hours later as before (if he is uninjured). He has to be picked up by the fleet, which takes a long time, if he doesn't drown or get caught by the Germans. The same applies to the German bridgeheads. Here, for the first time, the German ground defenses are involved again. And anyone who lands over the bridgeheads, behind the German lines, is taken prisoner, while a German pilot is picked up by his own people and is soon back in action. The deployment time of the German fighters is considerably longer and the approach time is shortened. England's problem was never too few planes, but in 1940, too few pilots. And that would quickly become critical. And there's something else you're missing... Even if the invasion had failed, the shock of it would have strategic consequences. The massive ship losses would have to be compensated for. Supplies and troops would be concentrated on England. Bad news for Africa! And the whole British strategy would become considerably more defensive. In 1940, the British were beaten twice at the same time. In Norway and in the Benelux countries. In 1941, the whole thing repeated itself when the English were repulsed in Greece and Africa. I wonder whether after an invasion, even if it failed, the Empire would continue to act as it did. And Churchill, who was only second choice anyway, was by no means as firmly in the saddle as people like to believe today...

[@stuartfitch7093]

The thing is that the British army was greatly weakened after the evacuation of Dunkirk. Yes we managed to extract many thousands of troops back to the UK but all the equipment was abandoned on the beaches at Dunkirk. As a consequence of this as the evacuation ended, there wasn't a single anti tank gun left in the UK. Everything including rifles and basic equipment like bullets were in extremely short supply to the extent people had to resort to things like tying a carving knife to a long brush handle as a makeshift pike or making petrol bombs. It took a long time for industry to re-equipp the army. So if the RAF had lost the Battle of Britain, Nazi Germany would certainly have invaded shortly afterwards and would have almost certainly won.

[@stuartfitch7093]

This is why I believe that Hitler's biggest blunder of the whole war was to divert Luftwaffe bombing from RAF airfields to UK cities. The RAF was on the verge of defeat. Many of the airfields were in ruins because of Luftwaffe bombing, there was a chronic shortage of fighter planes and pilots. If they had kept on with attacking RAF airfields then sealion would most likely have happened. But then Hitler switched to bombing such as London and other UK cities and as bad as that was, it allowed those airfields and the RAF as a whole to rebuild, rearm and regain strength.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

The first answer, which has a connection to reality. Well done!

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Germany did manage to take over Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark in the channel islands. Theres several documentaries on here about it. Normally about an hour long. They also did a series in the 70s set during that time period called "Enemy at the Door", but it's like 20 odd 50 minute episodes

[@geoffreynolds8835]

I know they held Jersey as seen the German Hospital which is underground. And seen British Bobbies opening car doors of German Officers etc.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

@@geoffreynolds8835 well they occupied Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Guernsey was near on like a fort, they set up bunkers and gun batteries

[@johnbowman7389]

If you've never visited the islands, please try to take a holiday there. I've been several times and the things the Germans did were so awful. Lots of the cliff top German defences are now open to the public along with a couple of occupation museums, the channel Islands are a beautiful place. Connor could you please try to cover this subject, I don't know what material is on the internet but I'm sure there must be quite a lot.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

@@johnbowman7389 theres a Dan Snow documentary which is about an hour "When Hitler Invaded Britain In WWII: The Secrets Of Guernsey | Timeline"

[@ArcAudios77]

Well done Sir, excellent watch & listen. Appreciated. Best wishes for you & your Channel. 👍

[@seancorker5815]

German bombers were designed to compliment Blitzkrieg - they were tactical rather then for area combat bombing. The Spanish civil war, in which Germans tested planes and tactics didn’t equip it for the Battle of Britain.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

This is called, "Army Aviation Doctrine"...

[@JJ-of1ir]

Enjoyed this video - but only because I knew the real outcome. Thanks Connor. Have you reacted to 'Gladiator/Hans Zimmer/ HM Royal Marine Bands' video. They are playing at the end of a 'Beating Retreat' Ceremony on Horse Guards Parade Ground (facing Whitehall). It's a real treat and lasts about ll mins.

[@andypandy9013]

The estimates of the enemy strength were the other way around. The British assumed that the Nazi Staffels (Units) had 12 aircraft each like RAF Squadrons whereas in reality they only had 10. Equally the Nazis assumed that RAF Squadrons had 10 aircraft and not the 12 that they did have. The Nazi Luftwaffe was set up mainly to support the Army in a war of expansion so only had twin engine medium range bombers for tactical support and it was these that were used during bombing raids on Britain. They never developed an effective four engine bomber like the Lancaster, Halifax, B17 or B29. Thank goodness! 🙂

[@anthonyferris8912]

Britain begged the French Navy to surrender their ships to the remaining Allies, remove them to a neutral port out of reach of the Axis, or scuttle them, but the French commander, out of some misplaced Gaelic pride refused and so condemned many French sailors to their totally unnecessary deaths.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

In a total paranoia attack...

[@gdok6088]

As schoolboys we used to sing, "Hitler only has one ball, the other is in the Albert Hall" That's why Hitler couldn't defeat us - he didn't have enough balls 😂

[@Shoomer1988]

Strange place to lose it though.

[@Bakers_Doesnt]

"Hitler has only got one ball, Goering has two but very small. Himmler has something similar, but Goebbels has no balls at all"

[@user-dg3vp6gj2b]

Hi Connor John from Scotland been enjoying your reaction videos .I went to Normandy in 2010 with friends in a campervan we did a tour off the Normandy D Day invasion beaches the size of some of the nazi gun batteries and the concrete structures they built was overwhelming.i must admit I did break down when we were shown a film in the museum some of the allied soldiers didn't get to fight they drowned because the Nazis flooded a lot of the land the soldiers were pulled down because of the weight in the packs they were carrying .I would go back to Normandy .good luck with your channel all the best to you .

[@rayofhope1114]

The fact is that Germany never had the capability to successfully invade and secure Britain. Yes Germany had a superior army and air force but they had a very weak navy to put against the biggest navy in the world at this time. It is also true that Britain had a large and powerful navy because it is surrounded by the sea. If Germany tried to invade they would lose and thereby lose the majority of their army (their main strength). Churchill knew that Britain could stop an invasion and inflict terminal damage on Germany. It could have been the end of the war in 1940. Did you know that Britain produced more warplanes, tanks and weapons than Germany throughout the 1940’s. Certainly Britain could not have taken on Germany in a land battle in 1940 and it needed the eventual influx of US aid and support to take the war back into Europe. But alone Britain could have resisted any German assault first a long time.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Nope!

[@Sir.T]

To be fair the German army was very skilled and advanced. They got way too cocky trying to conquer majority of the world in a very short time. But the did not expect the RAF to been as strong as it was. If they had a leader who was more strategic and not a maniac it could have went very different.

[@rolos140670]

Even if we fell, holding on to countries is a lot harder. in the UK we had the scallywags ... The Auxiliary Units, Home Guard Shock Squads or GHQ Auxiliary Units were specially trained, highly secret quasi military units created by the British government during the Second World War with the aim of using irregular warfare in response to a possible invasion of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany, "Operation Sea Lion". With the advantage of having witnessed the rapid fall of several Continental European nations, the United Kingdom was the only country during the war that was able to create a multilayered guerrilla force in anticipation of an invasion.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

And a lot of the Mosley boys...

[@domgarwell5581]

If you control the air, you control the ground.

[@dzzope]

With hindsight, we now know that Germany had little depth to their very effective crack units and for them to have held on to what they had, nevermind pushing farther without some massive change (or many small changes) to how thing actually happened. Was early German success due to luck or skill? whelp I'm of the belief that it was both but that the higher your skill, generally the more often the odds swing in your favour and things work out (assuming reasonable intel and planning is used). That said, IF a few things changed here and there, I could see germany making some better choices in regards to the US and really put the pinch on the UK if they jad used their u boats for a massive trap on the home fleet by drawing them out with the 6 or so heavy naval units they had as bait.. IF the germans had sunk more military naval ships, it would have left more and more convoys on their own or with a sloop at most as defence. Can I see the germans ever invading the UK.. no, not with hindsight. But with what was going on at the time? There are a few channels that do amazing job of putting you in the frame of how things were rather than what we know now. J.draper would be one of my faves, she mainly focuses on London history but that city intersects allot of history.

[@VTC05]

If the German plan would have succeeded and the UK would have signed a peace treaty or maybe even an alliance, then the US wouldn’t have entered the war against Germany therefore the German military wouldn’t be pressed for time and would definitely defeat Russia over time. After that, the only problem for world peace would have been the Germany - Japan - US situation. The only 2 ways for a peaceful resolution afterward would have been for Germany to either break their alliance with the Japanese or convince them to not attack the US

[@philshorten3221]

Strength of the RAF There was also an outrageously stupid mathematical mistake made by both sides. Both Sides counted how many "Squadrons" the other side had. BUT Britain had MORE PLANES in each Squadron! So Britain used their higher number and OVER estimated the number of Aircraft of the Lufwaffe The Germans UNDER estimated the number of RAF aircraft. In a War you never want to UNDER estimate the strength of your enemy!

[@paulblackhurst7583]

Thinking the French naval fleet was sunk on the mainland questions my boat to tank equilibrium

[@SteveBagnall-gh1fu]

Like the allied forces Air superiority was essential to even attempt an invasion, if Hitler had taken a winter to double the size of his airforce it would have been a different story.

[@christineharding4190]

It's acknowledged that the war would have been lost if Britain fell. The UK was needed to provide a home for exiled European government ministers and military leaders. It was the centre for intelligence operations and provided the necessary land mass for the gathering of forces eventually required for D Day. None of that would have been possible, or practical, from somewhere as far away as Canada. As for a German invasion fleet - Britain had plans to set fire to the sea if an invasion was attempted.

[@user-xz6qk9wf9j]

The Germans had light bombers, not the heavy bombers of the American and British.

[@sakkra93]

They had medium bombers as well such as the He-111, but since their philosophy was predominately based on tactical bombing in support of ground forces, they were late to the 4-engine heavy bomber game.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@sakkra93 Because of a different air doctrine...

[@charlesfrancis6894]

It is very difficult to think of different scenarios because there were so many such as what government there was left after a successful German invasion of Britain would be required to nullify the R.N. or even allow Germany to have the largest navy in the world ,and would R.N. admirals allow the hand over not forgetting the Gestapo in England would have ways to persuade high ranking officers to comply ,add to that another few hundred scenarios of persuasion through politics and other means and that's even before the ships were handed over if at all. Would the secrets of the first computer at Bletchley Park be destroyed or taken by the Germans ,as i said there are just too many possible scenarios to take into account for anyone to calculate with any degree of certainty .

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Of course, there was no computer in Bletchley Park, cause the first computer was build by a German, named Konrad Zuse. You can read this everywhere. It's the same BS, with the Scott, who invented the first television. It was, of course, a German again, named Manfred von Ardenne...

[@BunyipToldMe]

Hitler may have invaded Britain but he could never have invaded England.

[@michaelprobert4014]

Yes he could. As a part of invading Great Britain.

[@paulblackhurst7583]

I was once asked by an American if it wasn't for us you would be speaking German I said what language are you telling me that profound statement in

[@MrBulky992]

There would have been no invasion through Greece, Italy or Southern France if Britain had been knocked out of the War. The Axis would have had control of the Mediterranean as there would have been no North Africa campaign. Germany would have been fighting on a single front in tge Eas and avle to deploy far more resources in that direction.

[@ElandBee]

The Germans underestimated the Royal Air Force and they also underestimated the British people's resolve to keep fighting and never surrender. Even after the terrible bombing campaign round the country, the population remained resilient.

[@j.b.2263]

Winter stopped the invasion. The Germans needed to get air sup by the start of october to stand a chance and they didnt. You cant support an invasion force over the channel in winter. Hitler always thought the uk a potential ally and the Germans couldnt spend more time on the uk if they wanted a chance at the Soviets since there military was slowly getting modernized. Take into account that in Barbarrisa half a year latter the Germans had nearly twice the amount of planes than they used during the battle of Britain.

[@Janie_Morrison]

This country has been in that many watts in its life in north south dandel itself we are a quiet country but when we start we do let go

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

The Soviets, naturally, having been successful in directing German efforts westwards anyway, had no intention of intervening on Britain's behalf. Especially as the main Western allied land power, France, had just been defeated against all Stalin's expectations. He'd been sure of a long war between the Franco-British alliance and Nazi Germany, while Russia stayed neutral and took the opportunity to reform the Red Army after its abysmal performance against the Finns. As for the RN attack on French units at Mers el Kebir, Admiral Gensoul's intransigence and rejection of all peaceful options, in the end left Somerville no choice but to resolve the issue by force before other French ships could try to intervene.

[@Janie_Morrison]

She saw me a little country a little island and all these big countries was wanting it

[@user-yu9uw8wo9o]

If the UK had fallen, the US would come into the affray as soon as 1 of the German V3 rockets landed on their shore

[@chrisaris8756]

What Hitler and Goering did not understand is that Britain was able to build planes very quickly compared to the hidebound German systems. So although the RAF sustained considerable losses it was able to replace the aircraft swiftly. If Britain had succumbed to Germany then world would be a different place

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Yes... And therefore in 1944, when Germany was bombed with 650.000 tons, Germany build more planes, than the UK and produced more steel, as the Soviets did. But go on! I like your heroic fairy tales...

[@Silentauditor974]

Arrrr… the memories.., your curtains are exactly the same as British prison issue bed sheets 😂😂😂

[@valeriedavidson2785]

British Intelligence was a huge help to the Soviets. They were given the plans of the Germans and it was a huge advantage.

[@lotiloti101]

Just as an aside, the quay at Lyme Regis (one of the invasion points) is the same quay that featured in the movie, Wonka. It's known as the Cobb

[@chelseamewsbodycorporate9851]

At that time Germany had a treaty with the Soviets

[@Ayns.L14A]

Yes connor you are wrong, they carpet bombed just like we did, the German bombers at the time were comparable to the RAF's bombers except they had many more than we did in 1939. it was not until the US entered the war in December 1941 that balance and then over power was gained.

[@timphillips9954]

Non sense it took the Yanks months and months to get their act together and even then the B52 was inefective

[@Ayns.L14A]

@@timphillips9954 The Yanks weren't even involved in the war in 1940 re read my comment, and as for nonsense, the B52 didn't even exist then, it came into service in 1952 hence the name B52..... ya nugget...

[@gibson617ajg]

@@Ayns.L14A Uptick for 'nugget' 😂

[@chrisgibson7591]

America left it as long as possible to join the war because they wanted a weak Britain

[@kazuhassideprofileswifey2179]

Make's sense when you look at America today, let other nation's collapse to reign supreme

[@Shoomer1988]

Not sure that's right. After all, they been giving us arms since the start. More to do with an isolationist mindset after WW1 - they just didn't think it would become their problem. Of course Japan had other ideas.

[@Scaleyback317]

Of course. Britain with Naval might and logistics capablilties through its Merchant Marine were the American's greatest commercial competitor and in the late 30's too powerful for the US to consider as an out and out enemy. As it was they defeated the might of the Britsh Empire in a very clever way - they allied with us. The big question has to be what if Germany did not declare war on the US and what if the Japanese did not attack the US. How long would Britain have held out? How much longer would the US administration keep Churchill dangling on the hook before committing. The US had already bankrupted Britain by ensuring everything was paid for. This included making Britian sell all of the investments held in the US for hugely reduced offers. This after Britain had poured money into the US industrial machine in order to prepare them for making equipment for the British Forces. It was this investment which jolted the US economy out of the doldrums and sowed the seeds for the American industries becoming the mightiest on the planet. US defeated Britain financiall and it soon became clear that the years after the war were going to be the American years as Britain faced the inability to finance itself back to pre 1939 status.

[@bensmith1541]

​@@Shoomer1988They were selling us arms not giving them to us, money talks even with enemies at the time

[@philipwelsh1862]

That’s true and they made us pay back all the money if it wasn’t for the English Hitler would have won also the English wanted the Thompson machine gun but the yanks wanted vast sums of money for them so the English made the sten gun which was a good Un and so cheap up to the Thompson so that’s yanks for you money mad mad yanks and always came into both world wars after years of the English fighting for liberty on their own

[@snaggletooth9784]

Well for one.. Britain wouldn't fall...

[@Janie_Morrison]

He was wanting hair he wanted the country

[@daviddavis7710]

The key is the Russian Army. If the Russians had folded in the summer of 1941, Germany would have conquered nearly all of Europe and even if the USA and Great Britain had hatched a plan to invade and liberate Europe, they would have been facing 80-90% of the German Army rather than 30-40%.

[@geoffreynolds8835]

The only reason as far as I understand, why America joined in WW2 was because 2 years into a World War the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, where the Americans were taken by Suprise. And so they joined in WW2 as retaliation and Nuked Hiroshima and helped us.

[@stuartmcnaughton1495]

That was in the Pacific war against Japan. America probably wouldn't have joined the war against Germany but Hitler followed through on Germany's agreement with Japan and declared war on America four days after Pearl Harbor.

[@Steelninja77]

No hitler did not build a heavy bomber fleet they had bombers but not heavy bombers. Big mistake., But they had heinkels and junkers JU 88's or something like that. which were pretty big.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Stategic bombin' proofed after the war as uneffective...

[@valeriedavidson2785]

British intelligence was vital for the Soviets to be successful. Some say that British intelligence won the war.

[@lilacfiddler1]

The Americans were a long way from the war in 1940 - 2 years away

[@tomfrombrunswick7571]

This is a somewhat hysterical and overdramatic video. The reality is that Britain had a much larger fleet. It also had a large empire and significant manufacturing. Britain was able to blockage the European continent while this was happening. The Germans had problems exploiting the French economy and the Italians had huge shortages of oils and other inputs restricted by the British blockade. The British were able to produce greater numbers of aircraft than the Germans and Italians combined. They were also able to train pilots more quickly and to not lose as many as the conflict was in British sky. The British also could decide at what rate to commit aircraft to the fight. German fighters were a bit better than British but not hugely so. The German fighters had limited range and could only fight for about ten minutes on any raid before they were in danger of not being able to return to France. Some histories of the battle suggest that the English were close to defeat. These histories were written prior to the 80s. In more recent times it seems clear that the British were winning at all times. The reason they were winning was that although attrition rates were similar the German air production was not up to the task

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Yes... In 1944, at the time were more than 800.000 tons of bombs dropped over Germany, the German aircraft production, outruns the British one and produces more steel, than Stalin. But dream on...

[@carolinejohnson22]

The krauts would never beat us 😅😅😅😅🇬🇧

[@Janie_Morrison]

Because Russia didn't like Germany and that's how the hell to England for

[@markthomas2577]

Come And Have A Go If You Think You're Hard Enough !

[@Shoomer1988]

They did.

[@SirLordCustardthe10th]

😊 having very unsual keybord issues 😮😮😮

[@Janie_Morrison]

Something I don't agree with what Britain done Killin Island poor French soldiers it makes me sad to hear it and all

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

This is a very typical account of events, and one that always favors the British. Much like the debate over who won the Battle of Jutland. However, if you look more closely, you quickly come to the conclusion that it was not really the air battle that was not won (and finished at the time), but Hitler's reluctance to abandon his plans for German-British cooperation. This is particularly evident in a conversation between the German paratrooper commander for the invasion, General of the Luftwaffe, Kurt Student, and his boss, Hermann Göring, the number two in the Nazi empire. On September 5, 1940, Student had a conversation with Göring in which he asked if the timetable for the invasion had already been set so that he could inform his field commanders in advance. Göring replied: "The Führer does not want to go to England at all..." When the shocked Luftwaffe general asked why, Göring shrugged and walked away... Understandably, the British do not like the fact that they were saved not by their own heroism, but by the whims of an amphetamine-addicted dictator...

[@philipwelsh1862]

We were on our knees in big trouble the USA didn’t want to know but Hitler changed tattics and decided to concentrate on Russia

[@colinharbinson5510]

If Hitler could have invaded, he would have invaded. Give the army, navy, airforce and people of Britain the credit they deserve.

[@philipwelsh1862]

@@colinharbinson5510 Churchill stated we can’t take much more of this of course the Royal Air Force and army and navy were fantastic but the truth is England was almost finished then as I stated Hitler decided his efforts were lost so concentrated on Russia which of course he lost because his army was not equipped for the cold weather which froze the Germans and lost them the war

[@bigenglishmonkey]

@@philipwelsh1862 churchills biggest skill was adding drama to things, and every year more evidence shows britain wasn't in anywhere near as much trouble as people thought at the time. even the idea the RAF was almost beaten until germany focused on civilian targets has been destroyed now. but, easy way to tell. one of the reasons the USA dropped the atomic bombs on japan was because it may prevent the insane amount of allied deaths caused by an invasion. so if the USA though it was too risky for them, the UK, and USSR to invade japan, who had- -virtually no navy anymore -no resources to built war weapons and ammunition -tanks that were made to fight infantry -which wouldnt have mattered because they were quickly runnung out of fuel -which also means they had no planes in the air. then how do you expect germany to invade britain alone while britain had. -the largest navy in the world -more planes and producing them at a faster rate -tanks that at that time the germany couldn't actually destroy -so much oil that britain didn't even dip into its reserves until 1945 -and lets not forget its empire. and those are just off the top of my head. the very idea japan was too daunting for the USA proves britain with the largest empire in human history along with the largest navy and airforce at the time would never lose to germany. hell, britain is the only one in both world wars that the germany military expressed worry about fighting.

[@philipwelsh1862]

@@bigenglishmonkey what evidence please tell watch the films of Londoners interviews after the war then you may see the real truth. For instance the German luftwaffe did not have any heavy bombers and was running out of fighters

[@bigenglishmonkey]

@@philipwelsh1862 1st part isn't evidence or an argument, the average person won't know anything about the war around them and only the top brass of government and the military would. plus theres a reason we say hindsight is always twenty-twenty. your 2nd part basically just agreed with me and confirmed what i said.

[@dgoodall9350]

Yeh but we didn't, that's it Hitler first defeat ,couldn't beat our RAF or Navy so gave up !

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Nope... I know, it sounds better if you did it yourself, but there were 2 things, that contradicts this idea. 1. The German Navy had enough transport material ready, as planned, at the beginning of the 3rd of September. It had even exceeded the plans! At the same time, a British naval expert commission, which was called by the former First Sea Lord Churchill, right at the beginning of his inauguration, had come to the conclusion that the Royal Navy would not be able to prevent an invasion. 2. What is much more important, however, is a conversation between Hermann Göring and the General of the Air Force, Kurt Student, which took place on September 5, 1940. General Student was the commander of the paratrooper troops that would be involved in the invasion. General Student asked Göring whether the timetable for the invasion had already been set, because he wanted to prepare his field commanders for it well in advance. Göring replied to the stunned general: "The Führer doesn't want to go to England at all..." When the shocked officer asked why, Göring shrugged his shoulders and walked away... As I said... It tastes a lot better when you believe you have won through your own efforts than when you have been saved by the whims of an amphetamine-addicted nutcase...

[@user-xz6qk9wf9j]

If Great Britain lost the war, than Russia would have lost their war because they would have been fighting twice as many German's with twice as many resources. Africa would have fallen next. China would have been overwhelmed by Japan. South America was partly in league with the German's, especially Argentina. I would imagine that America probably would have fallen and you would be speaking German. Australia and New Zealand would have probably fallen to the Japanese.

[@j.b.2263]

lol. Twice as much you say. The western front always had very few divisions.

[@kevinhartley5636]

You are not the sharpest tool in the box are you?

[@mickyredeyes6220]

Dude change the image format on the videos to full size because people watching on a phone cant read what the small box says! your videos put you bigger than the content of the story and that's a narcissist trait and also why do you have the distracting backgrounds like mountains on the videos?