"Vanishing American Air Superiority"

On Mar 19, 2:04*pm, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:
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None of the other invasion or ship attack examples are really
relevant, in others one side was far from their main bases or had been
weakened unequally by previous fighting, examples are Sicily and
Leyte. Sealion is the only instance between similar air forces close
to home which have to attack one set of ships while defending another.
I suspect that like an irresistible force striking an immovable object
there would have been an inconceivable concussion resulting in
irreparable damage.

jsw

"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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On Mar 19, 2:04 pm, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:
...
None of the other invasion or ship attack examples are really
relevant, in others one side was far from their main bases or had been
weakened unequally by previous fighting, examples are Sicily and
Leyte. Sealion is the only instance between similar air forces close
to home which have to attack one set of ships while defending another.

The RAF did NOT have to attack one set of ships, its task was to prevent
the Luftwaffe attacking the RN

There was an completely unequal balance of force between the
RN and the Kriegsmarine in favour of the RN

I suspect that like an irresistible force striking an immovable object

The Luftwaffe was not irresistible - see Battle of Britain

there would have been an inconceivable concussion resulting in
irreparable damage.


To the Wehrmacht as most post war war games have shown and
the smarter German commanders knew.

Keith

On Mar 19, 5:43*pm, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:
"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
...
The RAF did NOT have to attack one set of ships, its task was to prevent
the Luftwaffe attacking the RN....
Keith

Coastal Command was part of the RAF. Are you saying the Beauforts and
Sunderlands etc would have sat idle?

jsw

In message
, Jim
Wilkins writes
None of the other invasion or ship attack examples are really
relevant, in others one side was far from their main bases or had been
weakened unequally by previous fighting, examples are Sicily and
Leyte. Sealion is the only instance between similar air forces close
to home which have to attack one set of ships while defending another.

I'd go with Crete as an amphibious attack far from the enemy's bases and
with total air supremacy, as a good example (and after a year of further
combat experience for the Luftwaffe)

If the Germans can't protect their force with those advantages, indeed
can't even get *any* past the RN, how can they land troops in the UK and
support and reinforce them enough to win?

--
He thinks too much, such men are dangerous.

Paul J. Adam