Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "Operation Sealion: Actually a Bad Idea" video.

Another excellent video. The biggest problem for Germany was not the actual invasion. There's a reasonable chance that could have succeeded with some luck. The biggest problem would be supplying the troops once they got onshore. Even a small salient would have been nearly impossible to supply after the first week. The Kriegsmarine just didn't have the experience or planning to maintain a supply conveyor, and it's doubtful that they could have mobilized enough merchant shipping to carry the volume of supplies needed.
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Rob M Another failure in reading comprehension. What I wrote was "The Kriegsmarine just didn't have the experience or planning to maintain a supply conveyor, and it's doubtful that they could have mobilized enough merchant shipping to carry the volume of supplies needed." The Germans had very little experience in opposed amphibious landings and, as we saw in Norway, things didn't always go very well when they attempted it.
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@gibbletronic5139 It's an interesting concept. I'm not sure where a battalion sized outfit would be able to hid by day since their landing wouldn't have gone unnoticed, and the RN and RAF would be pounding them around the clock. Given what happened with attempts to resupply in AFrica using lumbering Ju-52's would have an almost impossible time getting to the beachhead and back again. I think the only chance would have been landing in force and then holding enough area to allow resupply by ship and planes landing at airfields. Holding airfields would have allowed the Luftwaffe to get in the fight with the RAF without having to fly cross channel.
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@KuK137 Go back and read the part where I said "it's doubtful that they could have mobilized enough merchant shipping to carry the volume of supplies needed." My point was that they may have succeed in getting troops ashore but would not be able to supply them and would ultimately fail. You simply paraphrased what I wrote, just in more juvenile way.
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@gibbletronic5139 I guess the concept of a raid rather than landing in force might have had a chance although what happened in Dieppe might have been the same fate in England for the Germans. If there were specific objectives like blowing up bridges or dams, that may have been doable with planning and good luck. I suspect the Germans didn't have much faith in their skills at amphibious landings, and the experience with paratroopers at Crete in may of 1941 would have put paid to the idea of large scale deployment of paratroopers. It's an interesting concept, and one that may have worked if the Germans had the like of Admiral Yamamoto on their staff.
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Rob M You can take your degree in military history and go somewhere that people believe you. I sure don't. I'm done with you.
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Rob M I see. So you actually think the German navy had wide experience in opposed amphibious landings then? Like when?
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