Quote Originally Posted by TosaInu
I recall that the Germans almost did.

The Brits had some advantages:

-radar.
-fight on homeland. No need to fly a couple of hours first and then engage. Defend your home or die.
-radar.
-German pilots who were shot down either died or got captured. British pilots could survive and jump into another plane.
-radar.
-German pilots had to travel the Canal twice. Even when they managed to do this, this left less time for the actual fight (planes need fuel).
-radar.
-Despite all these advantages, the situation was pretty grim for UK (would this be because there were so many great German planes?). I recall there was an incident with bombing civilians by the Germans (not planned, I believe something went wrong due to stress/bad weather). The English sent some planes at night for a counter bombing. Hitler got outraged and ordered another civilian counter bombing (this was planned). This gave the RAF just a second to regroup and avoid total disaster.
-radar.
-I guess Hitler finally acted like a spoiled kid who didn't get his cookie in time and cancelled the invasion.
-radar.

This is the story I know. I am interested to hear whether this is correct, more or less.

Roland, Tosa said everything needed to say.....