What if Germany Executed Operation Sealion?

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The military calculation of the success of Sealion were based on this study by Adarsh Bura:
Bura, Adarsh (2022) Operation Sealion: Simulating the naval component of a 1940 German invasion of Britain. MSc by research thesis, University of York.

This video adds to the essay by continuing the logical progression in geopolitical and military terms after the invasion was attempted.

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[joshuaevans]

If Germany had attempted Operation Sealion, the main result would be that in the 21st century amateur historians on the internet would claim Germany could have won WWII if they just hadn't tried to invade Britain.

[WrinkledPaper]

Everyone knows that the reason why Germany didn’t invade Britain was because of the Loch Ness monster

[BurneraccountXD]

You know despite the name, Sea Lions are actually more closely related to Wolves than Lions. I know that basically nothing to do with anything, but it's true.

[tyvamakes]

On the president and chancellor A. H.:
The reasons why he declared war on the US was that Donitz wanted to escalate what was essentially an unofficial naval war and that H sincerely believed that Japan could have the means to at least distract the US. H severely underestimated the US economic recovery after nearly a decade with FDR.

As for Sealion, I remember a quote when Britain declared war on Germany, H said "What now?". It was a surprise in that Britain actually decided to intervene on Poland (and not of the earlier violations) and that the British blockade would mean both food and oil will now be limited.

[Das-ist-k-ein-VIRUS]

To unrealistic, from my 4000 hours of hoi4 I know that Britain never defends their homeland 😂

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[cameronwixcey]

The problem with invading Britain by sea is that British geography hasn't changed. This has meant that every good invasion point already has ruined forts from previous invasion threats. This means the army knows where to fortify and worst case there is a stone wall to hide behind.

[minestar]

Basically the three scenarios are:
-germany loses
-germany loses
-germany loses
Kinda feels like thise two Iran Iraq war videos, can t win in any way

[ApostleOfDarkness]

Goering during the Battle of Britain: "Nah, I'd win"

[rewriting-history]

I loved how at the end the Axis could have invaded Spain, in order to get to Gibraltar. If you're not planning on making a video on this, I will do it, I am fascinated by this idea, as it's even more interesting that what if Spain joined the Axis, to which you already have a video.

[Inucroft]

My university dissertation was on the anti-invasion defences and Strategies of the British Isles.
TLDR- they could land but get cut off and be wiped out before they could reach London. Offical wargames between (West) Germany & UK, the closest they got was the GCHQ defence line

The British were willing to lose nearly EVERY SHIP in the Home fleet to block the channel regardless of losses due to passive (mines) or active (naval or ariel) actions.
And while not publically known, Churchill authorised the use of Chemical Weapons to be used in the event of an invasion (such as using bi-planes to gas the beaches)

[MrAlbaniaOsc]

Honey wake up, a new possible history video dropped.

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[carlos]

This is probably your best video yet (from editing to narration and details), well done brother

[JLAvey]

I read one scenario where the invasion was a total disaster yet it forced a political solution in London. I think it all comes down to the will power of whoever is head of the British government.

[TristanTzara]

I have heard it suggested that some almost wished that the Germans would try Sealion as it was such a preposterous idea that it might have shortened the war considerably.

[JevansUK]

People think of Dad's army when the home guard get's mentioned but they miss a point that Wilson was an experienced ww1 officer, Jones had seen at least 3 wars and even Mainwaring had been a trained officer. These men might have been middle age, but they knew their local area and a great number of them had fought before Germans walking into a prepared field of fire are going to be slowed down, especially without armour support.

[NovikNikolovic]

Day 4 of asking for a "What if the Romani people had a state after WW2?"

[Hollows]

Disaster for the Germans.

Considering the difficulties the allies had with D-Day and all of their advantages you’d say there is no chance for the Germans.

Firstly, the allies had 3/4/5 successful amphibious operations (depending on which you class as being D-Day style assaults) in which to draw from.

Secondly, complete aerial supremacy, something the Germans never achieved in 1940.

Thirdly, complete naval supremacy, something that Germany would never have been able to achieve. Especially when you consider that the Royal Navy would have been almost suicidal in its determination to fight off a German invasion, even though this too would be unlikely given the state of the Kreigsmarine following the Invasion of Norway.

Additionally, the Germans planned on using a captured port (assuming they weren’t all destroyed by the defenders, just as the Germans did in 1944) to not only land troops but keep them supplied. Not to mention that the German economy would grind to a halt on the basis that they planned on using river barges to land on beaches, some of which didn’t have engines and would have had to have been towed. As opposed to the 4, 000+ purpose built landing craft used on Operation Neptune and the 2 Mulberry Harbours.

Finally, by late Summer 1940, we had replaced a large part of the equipment lost at Dunkirk. And Britain would have been defended by genuine British troops and volunteers, in contrast to the Ost Battalions of captured POW’s put into German forces defending Normandy.

[emperor_msk]

It's funny how ppl even suggest Sea Lion when the Wehrmacht troops that DO land would just become target practice for the Home Guard

[adamtheatomlive]

Love the video. Immediately liked it when I found out it was based off of an actual scholastic paper. We need more professional content on YouTube, god bless your work PH ❤💪