Britain In 1940 (Evacuation at Dunkirk)

[mrclark303]

But you are assuming that Hitler would have wanted nothing in return for a peace deal with Britain, after Dunkirk, in 1940. I do not believe that this would have been the case. Whatever sort of deal may have emerge after negotiations with Hitler in 1940, I believe that it would have been a very one sided deal stacked very much in Germany's favour, leaving Britain severely weakened and very venerable.

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We wouldn't have got to keep the entire Royal Navy because it was too much of a threat to Germany. There are several ways that any peace deal with Hitler could of addressed the matter.

Evening F10, your assertion regarding German demands for a ceasefire and terms depends on your point of reference, in May 1940, in the direct aftermath of Operation Dynamo or in September 1940 or early 1941, when the Germans had in effect been decisively defeated in the Air.

So May, when Britain was at a low ebb and voices to negotiate for peace were vocal in some quarters, or September when military strength was rapidly increasing along with substantial and growing input and help from our Commonwealth friends.