Had Britain been contiguous to mainland Europe, how easily would the n***s have occupied the UK in WW2?

Question

i.e., if there was no English Channel separating Britain from France.

Answer 1

very easy

because Britain had powerful navy and air-force

but its land army was very small in size

if Britain was not an island,

the battle against Germany would be like

child fighting against a worked-out grown-up

Answer 2

It nearly happened anyway. The German war machine was unquestionably effective. Many say the mistake they made was attacking Russia.

Either way, a terrible war that we are still paying for.

Answer 3

Very easily.

Answer 4

we would have been held down and ****** by the n***s

Answer 5

THere would have been no defence., Britain was unprepared to withstand German tactics.

Answer 6

Most likely would have taken more time than France, but I don't think it would have been easy. If the British had no help from the Yanks, then the War would have last more, but the Brits would've still won.

I think they were more powerful than the Fritz.

Answer 7

There was a simulation carried out using surviving generals from both sides in the 1970's.  The simulation was based on the premise that the battle of britain had been lost and operation "sealion" was go.  Germany had to capture london within two days, otherwise the British home fleet would get to the english channel from scarpa flow (two days away) and the rest of the RAF would flood into the home counties. n**i minelayers would lay mines across the english channel to create a corridor for the troopships to transit.

However, there are only two suitable landing points the n***s could have used to land where tanks could move off the beachhead. Both were heavily defended. not only that there were various lines of defence designed to slow the germans enough. The simulation showed that given the defences, the germans could not land sufficient troops and supplies to overwhelm these defences before the navy and airforce rallied to close the channel corridor vital to supply the invaders. It was then just a short matter of time before the troops stranded on britain were overwhelmed.

If you were to take the channel away, it would negate the necessity to win in two days and allow easier resupply for the germans.  If the bronze age landmass existed, then the n**i's could have advanced from denmark in a blitzkrieg.

However it was shown that one of the most effective units was the "home guard" these were effectiveley fighting on home ground and knew the lie of the land, there was even a Marquis style resistance already trained and ready to go in the event of invasion (many of these men were given bogus medical exemptions or "reserved occupation" status as cover.) Some were trained purely as assassins with the general brief of "kill generals and their families".

With the masses of colonial troops available and a British government in exile (probably in canada) it would have been a long, dirty and bloody campaign.

Answer 8

That's easy, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division would've rolled up the BEF.  But on the other hand, if the BEF had to fight and tried to break south to join the remaining French divisions, maybe the Germans wouldn't have won so easily.  In the end, however, i think the massed panzer forces would have eventually won the day.

Answer 9

This is an interesting question. It would certainly have made a huge difference in the plans and what defences Britain had. I'm sure it would have made a huge difference in the German war plan to occupy Europe and huge changes in Britains defence forces at the time. Britain used being an island very well, and the strength of it's defences reflected this, by using the strength of it's air and naval forces to fend off an occupation. Had Britain not been an island perhaps it would have been forced to have stronger defences in other areas.

So taking into account that not being an island would certianly have changed Britains defences and the overall way the war was fought, who knows if it would have been an easier task or not. Very interesting.

Answer 10

Very easy, the superiority of german forces was total, and they would had take the airfields of RAF forces

Answer 11

Very easily cos Britain would not have been able to deal with the sheer speed of the attack.

Answer 12

The main problems facing the Germans was the Royal Navy, which would have destroyed Hitlers invasion barges and the RAF.  Without air superiority, Germany did not have a chance of landing troops and moving them as openly as they would like.

If britain had only been separated by France by 15 miles of flat land, rather than the channel, then our naval strength would have been useless and our airfields may have been over run.  After the French campaign, the British Army was in disary.  Even if it managed to salvage its equipment, its ability to co-ordinate a defense, given the time available, would not have been viable.  

Also, the RAF was hard pressed in the battle of Britain.  If the Germans did not have flimsy barges to carry their troops, but could move their tanks and troops directly, using any air fields etc, on the chanell land mass...

In short, we would have been creamed.

Luck

Answer 13

Would have been considerably easier for n***s to invade England.  Hitler could not invade Br. by sea, because the Brits had a more powerful navy.

As the Battle of Britain proved, the Brits also had a stronger air force.  Thus, if there had been a land connection, by land would have been the only possible way n***s could invade britain.

Answer 14

If England was part of mainland Europe. All you had to write. Lose the big words.

It would have been very easy. This island makes us a fortress.

Answer 15

They would have walked in , but would have had a tiger by the tail, There were many contingency plans for such an event

Answer 16

Impossible to speculate.  You could assume a degree of resistance from the people, although the experience of the Channel Islands suggests not too much.

Answer 17

Your question makes no sense.

'Connected' might be the word you are looking for.

It could be argued either way whether Britain would have been easily beaten by invading forces or not.  

Answer 18

As easily as they occupied Jersey, Guernesey and Serck, which have no channel separating them from France.

Answer 19

What your asking will be very hard to answer due to it being so hypothetical. Maybe something would have happened to the UK much earlier in history. A strong upperhand that the UK had in many wars was its strong navy, perhaps due to it being separated by water. But just in WW2, it may have been taken over at the same speed as everything else was, in a blitzkrieg (lightning war, sudden attack). Or maybe it would have had an advantage due to the connection.

Answer 20

Contigous??Hypothetical question..Maybe Britain could have invaded Germany before Germany invaded Britain?Who knows?

Answer 21

Most probably, UK only won because of help from America.

Answer 22

easily because British people are wimps

Jake T-

Contiguous means "Connected" you dumb r****d. so his qusetion did make sense. Jake T i hope you dont go around trying to wrongly correct peoples grammar too much.

Answer 23

Considerably easier, more than likely we'd have lost in a snap.

Wasn't that obvious, though?

Answer 24

Well if there was no English Channel Britain would likely not have been a global colonial power and instead focused on land policy and defense, much more resembling France.  Considering all the hypotheticals, Britain would have not had all the colonial manpower and most likley been incorporated into French or German spheres in miedeval times.  They would not have lasted as a nation as we see now if this channel was not there.  Britain is what it is because it is an island.  If it werent it would be Germany or France.

Now if we were to take everything considered done the same and that suddenly the channel disappeared like the Red Sea then the n**i invasion of Britain would have been relatively simple to say the least.  The Luftwaffe could have simply protected against British bombers while their ground forces would have simply broke free into the British mainland.

They would have done no better than Poland or France in all honesty.  If the channel had disappeared the British would have accepted Hitlers peace proposal and called it a day.  Ironically, they might have been able to keep their empire then, instead they ended up losing it on their own and surrendering all of the original reasons for war to the Soviets anyway.