OK,first off,theres seems to be an attitude around the place of "because they didnt,they couldnt have"and i dont subscribe to that.

Also on the subject of quoting sources any proper researcher will tell you you need two seperate and independant sources,
youll have to excuse me if i fail to be overwhelmed by the "evidence" of single source references because i can equally find sources that say the exact opposite.

If the germans didnt have control of the sea then neither had the british,else they would have been bombarding the germans everyday.
Had the british navy entered the channel they would have gone the same way as the prince of wales.

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