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Originally Posted by Roddoss72
Correct i saw the series and the biological weapon of choice was Anthrax and Churchill authorized that in the event of an invasion vast quantities of Anthrax would be released along the invasion front. Churchill was fully aware of the civilian casualtie that would eventuate and the political fallout within the populace but was willing to doo all that was available to Britains survival.
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No.
Anthrax was never considered for use against any invasion force, just Mustard gas.
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And also that the Series did in fact convey that secret British document stated that Britain could not hope to hold off an invasion had the Germans had launched Operation Sealion.
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Again no.
There was no realistic way the Germans could hope to protect the invasion fleet from being sunk by the largest navy in the world at that time, the RN.
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Mainly due to the fact that the RAF was running out of trained pilots if the Germans had kept up the pressure on the RAF for two weeks more then the RAF was a spent force, plenty of planes but no one to fly them.
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Guess what
Its another No.
On the date of the switch to bombing London the RAF had more operational single seat fighter pilots than the Luftwaffe. The shortage of pilots Dowding was worried about, were experienced Squadron and flight leaders.
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And also i think i have read that the RN heavy units (Battleships, Battlecruisers and Aircraft Carriers) were indeed expressly forbidden to be used in the role of Invasion Fleet interdiction,
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Must admit, I'm getting a little fed up with using this word
No, they weren't forbidden, its just that the RN didn't plan to use them. They considered the 20+ cruisers, the 50+ destroyers, and the hundreds of auxiliary craft were enough to deal with any invasion force
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they were to be expressly used in the transferrence of Royal and Government members and assets to Canada.
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Ho Hum
No, they weren't