WW1 Paved the Way for the Battle of Britain.

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Originally Posted by winny

How do you conclude something you haven't started yet?

I think Hitler thought they might as well 'have a go' at Britain, I agree that He didn't show any real interest in the UK. He had no involvement in the planning of Sealion, which was very unusual because he was involved in the planning of every other major offensive.

His main target was always the Russians.

However it's easy to say in hindsight, are you saying that if the RAF had been 'defeated in 4 days' that Hitler would not have continued the offensive?

It's pretty obvious that he never really wanted to go to war with Britain (at least not in 1939).Paradoxically, he knew the longer Britain held out the more the possibility of the US getting involved increased. And he was well ware of what that would mean.

He just bit off more than he could chew. It's a recurring theme from 1941 onwards.

Hitler was very afraid of the USA grabbing huge chunks of Britain's empire if the British gov't were to cease functioning. He did not want to take over the British empire for the same reasons he didn't take over all of France and her colonies and Navy. The more one studies it, the more it seems that Hitler's brain was hard-wired not to invade England. It is clear that already as early as July 1940, Hitler convinced himself the invasion of Russia was the key to neutralizing the British, this was the deranged game of chess that he was playing in his mind. It's in Halder's diary, after the OKW meeting of 31 July: "With Russia smashed, Britain's last hope would be shattered."