Can anyone tell me why hitler did not invade england?

Rommel_Returns

Hitlers heart was never in attacking England in the first place. we declared war on Germany. Germany did not! declare war on us and never actually intended to. the words today poland, tomorrow the world!! were taken completely out of context . he was talking about national socialism in the same way that modern leaders talk about giving democracy to the whole world.( weather they want it or not) it has now come to light that Churchill goaded Hitler for six months during the cold war period by sending out bombers to bomb civilian targets, sending insulting messages and deliberately trying to insight a violent response from Hitler. Britain was lied to and conned into the second world war. read up on it for your self. my family lost five of its young men. and i watched my father limping around for the remainder of he's life on shattered legs victim of a mortar bomb. and the lies still go on today IE: Iraq with the invisible W.O.M.D. with the result in Tony Blair rubber stamping the slaughter of 'so far' five hundred thousand innocent men women and children. ( and all in your name) PMs and MPs are crooks and liars. you dont want to believe every thing they tell you.

ron

I'm amazed at the lack of history knowledge on this vital time in history.

Only Veritas has it right, the barges were ready on the French coast for the invading German troups, however they would have been sitting ducks from the Royan Navy and the RAF.

Goering promised Hitler that the Luftwaffe would destroy the RAF in a fortnight, luckily for us they did not, so we retained the essential air supremacy which prevented the invasion.

P. W

There are a variety of factors:
1) Hitler was basically not interested in invading Britain as he wished to expand the German Reich to the East, not the West
2) He wished to emulate the British Empire, which he admired, not destroy it.
3) The first phase of the task of subduing the British was the aerial assault known as the Battle of Britain, specifically against military bases. However due to Radar, the British had the advantage of knowing where the attacks were going and then concentrating their defences in those skies. Due to this technology, Britain had the world's best defended airspace.
When the military bases were dangerously close to being destroyed, Goering was ordered to switch to attacks on London. The RAF was able to regroup and inflict heavy losses upon the German bombers.
4) Judging by the huge resources expended by the Allies in the Normandy landings, there is no reason to believe that any invasion in reverse would need less effort. By comparison, German plans for "Operation Sealion" look half-hearted.
5) The Dunkirk evacuation meant that around 250,000 troops were saved, which any Nazi invasion force would have to face again.
6) Any invasion would be naval and at the time Britain had the world's largest Navy, which the much smaller Nazi naval forces could not hope to beat.

jeeper_peeper321

Because Germany could never get air superiority, over England.

The English won the air battle over Britain.

And trying to stage an amphibious invasion, without air superiority, is a great way to get all your ships sunk.

my2cents

Because he couldn't win the skies. His Luftwaffe broke its teeth on the British airforce. Without control of the skies, they could not cross the channel, so plans were postponed indefinately (see scrapped).

mick t

He couldn't invade England without air supremacy. he tried but was stopped by the RAF in the Battle of Britain. He did not invade Russia until after this

jesswzmn

He wanted to. It was however not a simple matter of running his tanks across a border in a quick lightning like strike attack. Since Britain is an island, they had a better natural defense than France or Belgium etc.. He tried to bomb them into submission, which they neved did.

Veritas

He was only prepared to attempt an invasion if he gained air supremacy over the English Channel. Thanks to the Battle of Britain in 1940 he never achieved it. His reasoning was, that he would have suffered far too many casualties crossing the channel and also in street fighting once he was over here. Some estimates put it as high as one million. Remember Dad's army.

1-2-3 Kid

He tried...its called the battle of britain

robert c

There were a few reasons why Hitler did not invade England.One of the least known factors being ;Lord Halifax led a faction that favoured a negotiated settlement,also the Italian dictator Mussolini was having secret talks with senior British parliamentarians which caused a delay of one week.
But the main cause of the delay was the Royal Navy remained intact which would have resulted in a 'blood bath' for the German forces.
Not to be equally forgotten was the Royal Air Force which had to be defeated before any thought of invasion could be considered!

Jim B

Hitler never wanted war with Britain, as the more informed and independent minded have already state. It was Britain which declared war on Germany.

Beastie

Not didn't. Failed. Big difference.

The Luftwaffe failed to beat the the RAF. The Kriegsmarine did not even come close to beating the Royal Navy. And when you don't control the air or the sea, sending barges full of troops across the English Channel would have been little short of shooting fish in a barrel.

Even Hitler wasn't stupid enough to lose thousands of troops before they fired a shot. Operation Sea Lion, as it was called, never set sail.

cattie67

I'm amazed by the tone and direction of Jondalar's answer; anyone would think after reading it that Hitler was an affable, level-headed, sincere, generous kind of guy.... Hmmm.
Is this the same Hitler that murdered thousands, upon thousands, upon thousands, upon thousands, of innocent men, women and children, in the most hideous manner possible? Indiscriminately by STARVING and GASSING them? Nice guy.

You're free to have, and air your opinion, but it's certainly very worrying to know that there's people like you about....

WhiteyBoy

because Hitler knew that are he would not be able to invade from the south coast as it was to heavily fortified by coastal guns, RN ships, our new invention the Radar, made it all the harder for him and all the easier for us, with radar we knew were he was attacking from and how many units were attacking, which helped us win the greatest air battle of all time, the battle of Britain. the Luftwaffe took ALOT of losses, and would never be able to launch an attack like that again.the Luftwaffe lost air superiority,

in all he knew that if he did try to invade britain he would take to many casualties and it would not be worth it, he would to draw troops away from north africa,

Huge

He was too busy trying to fight the Russians in Eastern Europe plus the British in North Africa whilst covering the rest of Europe as well. He had plenty of opportunity but could not bring himself to invade because of the stretched forces he already had and the fact that he would have suffered heavy losses. He also thought we could be `dealt with later' if necessary. Lets face it his forces could have beaten us hands down in a land war but he knew he would face strong opposition from the air and sea and USA if he did attack and would then not be able to hang-on to Eastern Europe and all his other conquests. His battle with Russia was his biggest mistake. As with many failed conquerers he became unable to sustain his plan once people in conquered countries and his enemies all started fighting back with a vengence.

PAUL G

They probably would have, had Hitler not turned to the East and had a go at Russia. We were holding his forces, but it would only have been a matter of time before they broke through our defences. Luckily for us, Hitler saw Russia as a threat and spread his forces too thinly. Thus he had to give up on the idea of invading the UK.

nosdda

Because Britain had control of the air. The RAF had gained superiority by winning the Battle of Britain, and any german troops crossing the English Channel would have no air cover from the Luftwaffe. Instead he decided to turn his attention to the invasion of Russia. Big, Big, mistake.

xJDx

He did plan to, it was called operation sea lion.
But he needed to destroy the RAF so his troops could and saftely, so the battle of britain started in the summer of 1941, dog fights between RAF and Luftwaffe planes took place over britain, but the Luftwaffe was destroyed by the superiority of th RAF, so Hitler decided that the should postpone the invasion and instead bomb english cities in response to British bombings of Berlin.

Hitler was even afraid of Britain and he couldn't cross the channel without being bombing out the water by British artillery and hey could get to Britain from the north as the British laid down sea mines.

ivan e

Possibly because he had the foresight to realize that future Labour Governments in the UK would do a far better job than he could ever have done,

lakey700

Because they would of been stopped in the channel. Germany didn't have a very good navy.

LPW

Because the landing craft were on their own were death traps.
And along with the RAF and Royal Navy attacking them they would have been massacred before they even hit the beaches.
To Invade by sea requires massive naval firepower and overwhelming air superiority something the Nazi's didn't have, and in many ways if they had tried it would have played into Britain's hands, because there's nothing like a easy victory when you have just had your ****'s kicked.

stanthemansmum

It was thanks to the RAF and a strong navy. Russia entering into the war and dividing Hitler's armies also had some bearing on his ability to attack England.

Facts Enrage Dembots

It all comes down to 1 reason, one that could not be overcome... water.

ckunsy

I think, that his first task was the big countries in Europe, rich in Natural resources. When big country were joined , you can easier to conker a small country like ENGLAND. Secondly , that GB was isolated with English channel and was not considered as the dangerous opponent.

Leon M

"Hitler" did try and invade, that's what the Battle of Britain was all about. The Luftwaffe lost sir supremacy so an invasion was impossible. But Germany did invade some Sovereign British territory, the Guernsey Islands.

monicalei

Because he did not have the means of transporting the amount of troops it would take to hold the beach head once the troops landed. Hitler did have a plan it was called Operation Sea Lion.

Daniel

Hitler would not send his ships till he knew that the RAF was gone as the RAF would destroy his navy felt with ease especially with the power of the British Navy.

However they failed to defeat the RAF and Hitler called the troops waiting in France, to go to Russia where they were struggling at Stalingrad. This was a week before D Day which saved many American lives if they would of attacked when those troops were still there waiting.

toto g

Because of the English Chanel

yea

he was working on it. he was kinda incircling them. England also was still quite strong and a direct atttack would havbe been futile. he also had way to much on his plate to take on england

damffool

His tanks did not float very well. He couldn't carry them across the channel on ships because England had a better navy.

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