If the Germans had invaded Britain during WW2 what would the result have been.

[SouthCoastOwl]

Robert Harris wrote a book called Fatherland which dealt with the situation where the Germans not only invaded but won the war, he didn't envisage a world where freedom of speech was high on the government's agenda!

 

[Grizz]

There's a Black Book called the Sonderfahndungsliste G.B which was issued to special SS units. This contained a list of all those that were to be arrested on a succesful invasion of Britain. You still buy a reprint and it makes quite scary reading.

 

[Tooting Gull]

We'd be world champions and still talking about the 7-1 against Brazil

 

[LamieRobertson]

Just watching Dads Army on BBC2.

Would they have taken a foothold in the South, and quickly taken the rest of the country? Or would it have been a huge failure that stretched them too much?

Who do you think you are kidding

 

[easynow]

 

[Seasider]

Cheaper tickets and a better atmosphere at the AMEX?

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Can't believe a gay waving a union jack was going to have an impact:safeway: who really likes it up em
regards
DR

 

[Norman Potting]

Robert Harris wrote a book called Fatherland which dealt with the situation where the Germans not only invaded but won the war, he didn't envisage a world where freedom of speech was high on the government's agenda!

Good novel, but I recall they "won" because they discovered that Enigma had been broken, won the Battle of the Atlantic as a result with Britain surrendering in 1944 due to the attrition that resulted. They didn't have to invade.

Len Deighton's "SS-GB" takes place in a Britain that has been successfully invaded.

From the comfort of a computer keyboard and nearly 75 years of of time elapsed the answer is surely "don't know" but most of the theories seem to point towards failure due to difficulty of resupply, lack of aircraft capable of sinking capital ships and inferior naval strength.

 

[easynow]

Can't believe a gay waving a union jack was going to have an impact:safeway: who really likes it up em
regards
DR

 

[glasfryn]

first two would have sorted them
but poor old Freddy (and I love him to bits) would never have got here he came from Zanzibar and I wish I could have got my hands on his stamps and postal history of that place, along with Heir Hitlers

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Yeah but he wasn't waving a union jack bare chested in white strides
regards
DR

 

[Thimble Keegan]

Good novel, but I recall they "won" because they discovered that Enigma had been broken, won the Battle of the Atlantic as a result with Britain surrendering in 1944 due to the attrition that resulted. They didn't have to invade.

Len Deighton's "SS-GB" takes place in a Britain that has been successfully invaded.

From the comfort of a computer keyboard and nearly 75 years of of time elapsed the answer is surely "don't know" but most of the theories seem to point towards failure due to difficulty of resupply, lack of aircraft capable of sinking capital ships and inferior naval strength.

I have read that book and thought it was great.

That clearly does not add to this thread though.

Albion & England forever.

Thimble Keegan
Worthing BHA

 

[atfc village]

Saw a mock up programme a few years back ,where The British fell back to The Hogs Back near Farnham where The Germans were defeated at The Battle of Waverley Abbey .There are still plenty of Pill Boxes in the area and defence structures.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Good novel, but I recall they "won" because they discovered that Enigma had been broken, won the Battle of the Atlantic as a result with Britain surrendering in 1944 due to the attrition that resulted. They didn't have to invade.

Len Deighton's "SS-GB" takes place in a Britain that has been successfully invaded.

From the comfort of a computer keyboard and nearly 75 years of of time elapsed the answer is surely "don't know" but most of the theories seem to point towards failure due to difficulty of resupply, lack of aircraft capable of sinking capital ships and inferior naval strength.

Look no further than the RAF sinking the Turpitz with tall boys in Norway
regards
DR

 

[Dandyman]

If the Germans had successfully invaded then the Channel Islands give a good illustration of what might have happened next. Collaboration by the ruling classes, lots of people keeping their heads down and a small number of active resistance fighters.

 

[Stat Brother]

Ha ha invading the Isle of Wight.

If that had happened I bet the natives wouldn't have noticed, to this day.

 

[sahel]

Germany had a stupidly large army, that was all pretty well trained and equipped, they'd have crushed us if they had gotten here. Presuming that they wouldn't have invaded Russia and finished off the western front instead. That said if our navy 'played a blinder' they wouldn't have gotten much here...

The UK 'lost' over 380k soldiers in that war.
The Germans 'lost' over 5.5 million, 80% of them fighting the Russians.


http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/world-war-2-statistics.asp

I think the expert view is that the Navy would have destroyed any invasion force which would have been sunk in the Channel. Hitler probably knew that. Also I think a good part of the RAF had been withdrawn to the Midlands ready to attack any invasion. So very few Germans would have got to the landing beaches

 

[lawros left foot]

There was a war game played out some years ago with the germans landing on the sussex coast. In the scenario played out, they were pinned down and wiped out by heavy artillery behind the downs and bombing from the air.
It was also though that the german invasion barges, being flat bottomed, could be capsized by the wake of a destroyer flotilla running at full speed through the formation.

Don't be daft, they would have come hidden on articulated lorries

 

[Meade's Ball]

If we lost our modern day ruler would indeed be

 

[melias shoes]

They tried they lost. It was called the battle of Britain. They needed air supremacy and were stopped by the RAF . The Germans made the huge mistake of invading Russia.