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Old March 14th, 2008, 09:44 PM
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Default Re: Operation Sealion Should Have Happened

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Originally Posted by Richard IV View Post
if the Germans had launched a airborne assault during or straight after Dunkirk to capture British airbases in the south of England and then flew troops in, there was very little they could of done about this.
There's the problem of the heavy losses suffered in the invasion of the Netherlands by the transport aircraft and airbourne troops, and taking into account the transport aircraft still needed to support the continuing attack on the remains of the french army, the small amount of transport aircraft that could be used would be insufficient to land and supply any force of any military worth
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