Would the planned Nazi invasion of England have worked if they tried it without the RAF knocked out?

Question

how about with it knocked out?

Answer 1

The invasion force would have been anhiallated without air superiority.thats why the germans didn't even dare. The RAF would have had a field day.but mostly the royal navy would have destroyed the invasion force with the RAF to protect it from air assault. Even look at overlord (invasion of normandy) we had to knock out the lutwaffe or the landing craft would be sitting ducks. Although they didnt have a navy that would get involved. If they had it knocked the Navy would have took heavy losses to dive bombers but could maybe have done enough. regardless if the germans managed to get inland at dover the plan was to hit them with every bit of chemical and biological warfare in existance.

Answer 2

If that would have been feasible they would have started the invasion, the major hang up was the fear of the Invasion barges packed with troops being sitting ducks for RAF planes and Royal Navy intervention,

If the R.A.F had been taken out I would give the operation a 50/50 chance depending upon how long it would have taken them to establish a beach-head, possible landing sites along the East coast are limited in getting armour ashore.

Some help would have been from German Falschirmjäger landing behind the beaches to capture road bridges and railway bridges from demolition which in itself would have bottled up the invasion force near the beach-heads.

Another alternative would have been to land a second force along the East coast as a diversion, or even use that as the main force seeing the British were expecting the major attempt to take place at the shortest distance between the two countries.

Answer 3

Doubtful with the RAF still around. Even if the Luftwaffe was able to neutralize the RAF, an invasion would have been very dicey. The Kriegsmarine would not have been able to control the English Channel for very long (the Royal Navy was still too strong). The Germans lacked amphibious craft, planning to use river barges to transport the invasion troops, and much of the air transport had been lost in the invasion of Holland and Belgium.

Answer 4

the final team(section L) below widespread Warlimont got here up with a examination of the potential for a floor invasion by using appealing the Royal army in an attempt to misinform them as to the real attack element. the final refers back to the plan in his memoirs yet I even have in no way been able to finding it interior the stenographic documents-only bits and products. It replaced into difficulty-free to discern from the plan that they had no pastime in appealing the Royal army in any frontal action-so deception replaced into the plan. indisputably they(Brits) has a extensive benefit however the Wehrmacht replaced into coming off a extensive unpredicted difficulty-free victory. additionally, intelligence brokers from Germany have been inflicting havoc on the island with some particularly innovative infiltration of the army. specific, indisputably the Brits had a extensive benefit with their army, yet inspite of the slightest probability of victory battles have been gained. Time/existence did an remarkable examination of this occasion after the conflict. generally i do no longer look after giant series books yet this one is very diverse in this is attitude to the potential for a German invasion. The third interior the series of 28 volumes "The conflict of england" is very in assessment to the different textile documents it is obtainable. The volumes are actually not footnoted so as that they won't in any respect be sourced despite the fact that it supplies incite into the making plans on the two aspects-I continuously questioned the place they have been given all that recommendations-the infiltration of German brokers in specific-wager we will not in any respect know. sp

Answer 5

It definitely would have worked,had the RAF been defeated.
During the 'Battle of Britain',had the Germans been able to continue for another ten days,the RAF would have been defeated.

Answer 6

well at the times of Battle of Britain, Brits did not have any useful bomber to attack the German fleets. just the obsolete Blenheims. So they would not be able to repell the incoming amphibious assault. Fortunately, the Germans did not have sufficient ships to complete the invasion.