Any dispute about interpreting the BofB?

[Larry]

Regarding the threat of invasion, it may be the case that the RN was a force to reckon with but as for the British Army many men arrived from Dunkirk with hardly any kit or clothing let along their weapons. It was a critical time for the Army which lost thousands of vehicles in France. It has been said that for a while there were only 80 tanks left in the UK in June 1940. If the Germans had used paratroops and landed troops the same day as we did on D-Day I think we would have lost. We were hardly invincible on land at that time despite having an Empire.

[Skawinski]

Originally Posted by Larry

If the Germans had used paratroops and landed troops the same day as we did on D-Day I think we would have lost.

I'm not an expert in paratroops, but it seems that after heavy losses in Holland (especially 50% losses in transport fleet) any large scale air landing operation would be very hard, if not impossible to conduct.