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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by garyscary on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:41PM (#20413616)
Check out this actual war game they conducted in 1974 where they concluded that the invasion would have been a resounding failure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion_(wargame)

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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by abecedarius on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:28PM (#20414799)
That says they assumed a Germany with no air supremacy yet.
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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by garyscary on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:15AM (#20419136)
Based on the simulations they ran according to historical data, they concluded that the Germans would have thought they had air supremancy even if that was impossible, even with the Germans continuing to bomb RAF bases long after they switched to cities.

Honestly, I figured the GP would get a kick out of reading about a hypothetical war game of the scenario they envisioned.

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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by hollerith on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:18PM (#20415941)
OK, thanks, but that war game didn't consider what would've happened if the Germans had learned about the British radar network.
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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by garyscary on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:16AM (#20419140)
No problem, just thought it was interesting to compare what could have happened compared to what you proposed.
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