Let's Play Axis and Allies Part 19: Operation Sealion
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Operation Sealion was the Nazi Germany plan to invade the British Islands during World War 2. The plan called for 10 divisions to be landed simultaneously; now the KM had NOTHING like the lift capacity to even possibly do this with even insane Nazi levels of disregard of individual lives (D-Day landed the equivalent of 4ish divisions at once if you count the paratroopers)
If the KM goes forward with this for whatever reason they can't possibly land that many forces all at once... so lets say 4 regiments plus the parachute and air landing division (and that would be damn generous even by sept 1940.) If the RN crushes them in the first wave, German losses are limited to just that basically a little under 3 divisions destroyed and or taken prisoner.
When a weaker force must face a superior enemy force, it is very unlikely that losses are equivalent on both sides. The disparity in ship armor and firepower comes into play. 75% of the KM's total 320 ship allotment is poorly armed and without torpedoes, many never intended for surface combat. Now add the fact that the German ships have far less freedom to move, being pinned down protecting an invasion fleet(technically NINE smaller invasion fleets) while the RN can choose when and where to concentrate.
It is unlikely either side will lose much in the way of major combatants. The RN will not deploy capital ships if given any alternative and the Kriegsmarine doesn't have any. After the Norwegian campaign the Lutzow, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were undergoing repairs. So I'm afraid visions of a victorious RN sending two carriers and a half dozen battleships to Singapore are out.
A starting 'taking' of 850 barges or 30% of Germany's total ended with 2000 or 70% being converted to landing craft. Perhaps a more serious concern for Germany should be the potential loss of the contingent of bargemen rather than the ships. Nor should the 420 tugs of 250 tons or more, and 1600 motor boats be forgotten. British victory means most of them are also gone. Germany would be hard-pressed to replace those barges in wartime. We're talking a 30-40% loss in traffic along the Rhine and other inland rivers. That, coupled with a loss of material, is going to set Germany's wartime economy back enormously.
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Operation Sealion was the Nazi Germany plan to invade the British Islands during World War 2. The plan called for 10 divisions to be landed simultaneously; now the KM had NOTHING like the lift capacity to even possibly do this with even insane Nazi levels of disregard of individual lives (D-Day landed the equivalent of 4ish divisions at once if you count the paratroopers)
If the KM goes forward with this for whatever reason they can't possibly land that many forces all at once... so lets say 4 regiments plus the parachute and air landing division (and that would be damn generous even by sept 1940.) If the RN crushes them in the first wave, German losses are limited to just that basically a little under 3 divisions destroyed and or taken prisoner.
When a weaker force must face a superior enemy force, it is very unlikely that losses are equivalent on both sides. The disparity in ship armor and firepower comes into play. 75% of the KM's total 320 ship allotment is poorly armed and without torpedoes, many never intended for surface combat. Now add the fact that the German ships have far less freedom to move, being pinned down protecting an invasion fleet(technically NINE smaller invasion fleets) while the RN can choose when and where to concentrate.
It is unlikely either side will lose much in the way of major combatants. The RN will not deploy capital ships if given any alternative and the Kriegsmarine doesn't have any. After the Norwegian campaign the Lutzow, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were undergoing repairs. So I'm afraid visions of a victorious RN sending two carriers and a half dozen battleships to Singapore are out.
A starting 'taking' of 850 barges or 30% of Germany's total ended with 2000 or 70% being converted to landing craft. Perhaps a more serious concern for Germany should be the potential loss of the contingent of bargemen rather than the ships. Nor should the 420 tugs of 250 tons or more, and 1600 motor boats be forgotten. British victory means most of them are also gone. Germany would be hard-pressed to replace those barges in wartime. We're talking a 30-40% loss in traffic along the Rhine and other inland rivers. That, coupled with a loss of material, is going to set Germany's wartime economy back enormously.