What if we had lost the Battle of Britain?
What if we had lost the Battle of Britain? If the Luftwaffe had destroyed the RAF airfields in the South East, and the fighter aircraft had been shot down or destroyed on the ground, to the extent that Local air superiority over South Eastern Invasion ports and beaches had been gained, an invasion could have taken place by paratroopers landing inland and from an invasion force by sea. The Royal Navy would have been attacked prior to an invasion and forced to retire to Northern bases due to losses or to send its warships to Canada, to continue the fight from there, as plans had been made for this, should it be needed. Some people will point out that Hitler would not have invaded had the Royal Navy waded into the invasion fleet, which is correct-they could not take this chance, and so a prerequisite was to subdue the RN threat by unrestricted bombing, added to E Boat (S boat) torpedo attacks, U-Boat attacks and attacks by German battleship fleets. If the RAF were not abl...