The Battle of Britain Was The First Defeat For The German Luftwaffe.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

The 321 glider didn't make its first flight til Feb 1941 so would be hard for them to be used in Sept 1940.

well I suppose it was developed because of the logistic needs of Barbarossa, if we're going by speculation I'd say that, had an airborne invasion planned before, they might have been able to deliver the 321 earlier.

The 7th Flieger Division and the German 22nd Air Landing Division had taken losses during the preceding campaign battle of France), and were now understrength.

same as above, despite the losses, if they knew they needed more paras, they would have concentrated on that.

Do you know how much supplies are required by a Division when in combat? I don't think so.

I think I might have a faint idea, I was only 18 when I served in the Army initially, but I've seen enough divisions to know what the logistic needs are
You can appreciate that massive drops from the Ju52s and capturing strategic enemy facilities/vehicles etc.. could have been part of the invasion. Paras are renown for improvising with what they find available.

The Channel was already mined by the Germans and the British.

well, not enough to cause a complete blockade afaik.