Why did Reinhardt hate Mussolini so much, but still wanted to woo him, and to use Mussolini to win over Italy.

The reason is simple, because with Germany's own strength, it is not easy to leave a large army on the Eastern Front to defend against the Soviet Union, and at the same time send elite troops to land in Britain.

First of all, the choice of landing site is very important for landing warfare.

The UK is broadly divided into four regions: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Geographically, England is more favorable for landing operations than the other three regions, as it is relatively gentle, has a more contiguous coastline, and has many docks and shoals.

From the point of view of location, this area is located in the southeast of the island of Great Britain, adjacent to the North Sea to the east across the sea from Germany, and separated from France by an English Channel to the south.

From a strategic point of view, this area is strategically important as it is home to London, the capital of the United Kingdom. The successful landing also meant that the fall of the British capital was not long in coming.

In addition, the large-scale armored corps blitzkrieg warfare, which the German army has always been good at, can also be spread out in this area. Only the terrain here allowed the German armored forces to make large-scale sorties.

Therefore, it is only natural that the Germans will choose to land on the eastern or southern coasts of England in the future.

Reinhardt has said more than once: "Only by landing on the south coast of England can the greatest advantage of the army be brought into play." ”

Of course, what the Germans could think of, the British army could naturally think of, so a huge ring of defense around the Greater London Circle was born, and an epic beach-grabbing landing battle was inevitable.

The war was also destined to go down in the annals of the history of both sides, and it would completely change the course of World War II and become a key turning point in World War II.

In order to win this battle, any effort is worth it.

Therefore, even if Italy can contain one more British soldier in Africa, even if Italy can restrain one more British warship in the Mediterranean, it will be a precious help for the Third Reich!

Of course, striking iron also needs to be hard.

If you want to land and fight, the most important thing is to rely on your own navy.

And the German High Seas Fleet was still unfavored by the outside world a month ago.

Even its rivals, the Royal Navy, do not look up to it.

Until now, even though the British Navy had just suffered a big loss in the North Sea, the High Seas Fleet suffered heavy losses.

Even Britain, on the other side of the Channel, was still silent in the defeat at Dunkirk and could not come out for a long time.

But they really couldn't think of any confidence that the German Navy would dare to plan an attack on their homeland in a short period of time.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also publicly said: "With the few broken ships of the German Navy, they will not be able to land on British soil, and the people must trust the government and the Royal Navy to protect everyone's safety and protect our British Empire from war." ”

Canning, commander of the Royal Navy's home fleet, also openly joked: "If the German navy arrives and tries to land, then they will face annihilation!" ”

Therefore, there was a strange mood in Britain from top to bottom, and they all believed that although Germany won the victory at Dunkirk and completely annihilated the British Expeditionary Force, it was impossible for Germany to launch an attack on the British mainland without gaining sea and air supremacy.

The Times of London once conceived of the war scene of the German landing in Britain after the defeat of Dunkirk: "After the victory of the German army in the Dunkirk War, they chose to land in England.

But after the German army landed in Britain, the British home fleet had already reacted, and it took 2 days to gather the main force, and it was easy to cut off the supply line of the German army in the English Channel.

The three battleships of the German Navy were no match at all, so they immediately retreated to avoid engaging the British Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.

Moreover, the air force of the British Empire could cover the navy well, and at the same time lay a large number of mines to lock up the supply of the German landing force.

After cutting off the German supply routes, the navy split a part of the shelling of the German landing grounds.

Other forces were to consolidate their defensive lines and intensify the blockade of the English Channel.

As a result, the German troops that landed were basically unable to receive effective support at all.

The firepower of the German army was relatively not too strong because of the landing, and it was not possible to carry a large number of heavy artillery.

Therefore, their fortification of British cities and defensive lines will be much weaker.

In the same way, the tanks at that time were forced to land too many by the requirements of the landing ships.

Even if it is calculated according to a few hundred vehicles per division, the materials consumed by the German army in a day must be calculated in hundreds of tons.

The German generals were able to think about the supply problem, so they could not attack strongly and quickly.

The Germans were bound to find themselves in a stalemate with the British defenders, which was a nightmare for the German generals.

Because the German Army has always been famous for blitzkrieg.

When they will understand that their own supplies are cut off by the British army, and food and ammunition are getting less and less.

They were harassed and bombed by the British air force almost every day, and the air force of the other side flew over the troops, and they were forced to return to the mainland to refuel because of the fact that they could not stay for a long time.

But the airfield that the Germans were planning to build on the British mainland had barely begun when it was discovered that British bombers flew over its route every day.

What is even more unforgivable is that in the face of the British army's permanent fortifications, the German soldiers had to fill it with flesh and blood.

Call artillery? Large-caliber howitzers have long been blown up by British aircraft.

The rest of them, suppressed yesterday in the confrontation with British artillery, could not hold their heads up.

Not to mention the losses, there is only less than half of the base ammunition left.

The soldiers on the other side had to face the bombardment of the British.

More importantly, the Germans could no longer meet their food needs after a long period of fighting, and the soldiers were hungry to fight the British.

Although the British army was sadly found after the defeat in France that almost all the boy scouts and old and weak divisions could fight on the mainland, it was still easy to arm 400,000 troops with British national reserves.

Coupled with the native garrison of the British army, although it cannot be said to be a million-strong division. But there are still 60 to 800,000 troops combined.

Under this number, at least 200,000 of them can be mobile at any time.

The British will set up a defensive line against the landing Germans and defend them with all their might, and the Germans will become weaker and weaker.

Face an enemy with local superiority, superiority in troops, superiority in firepower, and even superiority in food. How did the armies of the Germans fight?

It is impossible for any German general to win a battle when he is faced with the fact that his artillery shells are running out, and his tanks are said to have enough ammunition, but they no longer dare to maneuver in battle.

The lack of fuel is one thing, but the broken and missing tanks are not repaired. ”