1. The British Expeditionary Force was beset by the panzers under both Rundstedet and Guderian. Had Hitler listened to both of his generals - who until that point had been correct in their preceptions -, it is quite likely that the British could have not only been cut off, but with the contribution of a willing Luftwaffe, destroyed.

2. Assuming the Battle of Britain is not fought at all, the Germans, too, convserve aircraft and are able to at least watch the skies above both convoys and North Africa, as well as Malta.

3. If it was so simple a matter to transfer South African and Indian troops en masse during the war, why did the British not do so when Rommel first began to see victory in Libya and Egypt? Although colonial troops arrived later, with a sustained effort, the Germans could have broken out against them - especially under Rommel - and utilized anti-British sentiment among Egyptians in order to first destabalize and later sieze the region.

4. Assuming they do fight the Battle of Britain, the Germans, concentraiting on regional communictions centers, radar sites, and specific tactical targets, will conserve both planes and pilots for use over Mediter. waters. Meanwhile, Hitler would not have had to waste resources on Crete or in the Balkans, again freeing his hand over the skies of N. Africa.

[ 17 August 2001: Message edited by: Desert Journeyman ]