Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "Operation Sealion: Actually a Bad Idea" video.

The Luftwaffe never had anything like the numbers of operational aircraft we are often told. During the Dunkirk evacuation, RAF was criticised for not taking down planes over the beaches. However, they did keep the Luftwaffe largely at bay and did lot of damage further inland.
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My father was 21 when WW2 broke out. He survived because his overactive thyroid had him thrown out of the army. But had Germany invaded, people like him would have been on the front lines. One brother fought with the Cheshire Regiment and survived. Another worked making Merlins for Rolls Royce. His eldest sister Alice, (born 1900) was a nurse on Malta from 1938 to 1942. She died in 1982. Another sister born 1904 died in 2008. While Alice was 1000 miles away, none of them would have sat back and allowed Hitler to overrun the country.
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