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Why didn't Hitler invade Britain in 1940 or 1941?
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Hitler believed that for the operation to be successful, Germany would need complete air supremacy over the battlefield. With the failure of the Luftwaffe to disable the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain, Hitler was forced to cancel the operation.
Operation Sealion (the operation name for the planned invasion of Britain), was canceled on the 17th of September 1940. However, troops assigned to the operation were not released for other duties until February 1942 (after the invasion of the Soviet Union).
Despite the general superiority in training, equipment and number of German troops on the ground in 1940, the general consensus is that British superiority at Sea and in the air would have doomed an invasion force to a forced withdraw or isolation and surrender.
Operation Sealion (the operation name for the planned invasion of Britain), was canceled on the 17th of September 1940. However, troops assigned to the operation were not released for other duties until February 1942 (after the invasion of the Soviet Union).
Despite the general superiority in training, equipment and number of German troops on the ground in 1940, the general consensus is that British superiority at Sea and in the air would have doomed an invasion force to a forced withdraw or isolation and surrender.
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