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Re: Battle of Britain won date
15 September 1940 was publicly acclaimed as a great victory with claims of 185 German aircraft shot down and undoubtedly there came a point when the British leadership realised that the danger of invasion had passed but was there any date when the public was told that Britain had won the campaign?
I think that the end of October is too late a date to set for the last chance of a sea invasion - in 1588 the Spanish Armada hit terrible weather during August. It was not simply a matter of the Germans making one crossing to get troops ashore - you might manage that any time of year - those troops then had to be supplied and reinforced, so an extended period of calm weather was needed. Also, the longer the nights got, the more vulnerable that traffic would be to the Royal Navy during the hours of darkness
Finally, I recommend anyone interested in this question to try a sea crossing of the Channel with all around you throwing up. Then see if you feel like invading anything!
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