_ The Germans reached the English Channel on May 20, 1940. If Hitler had given the word, his generals might have crossed the Channel before anyone could prepare to resist them. Certainly they could have taken all the British soldiers at Dunkirk prisoners of war and marched them off to camps. England would have been forced to make peace. Churchill’s ten-day-old government would have fallen. Halifax might have become Prime Minister and he was intent on appeasement anyway.
Perhaps Hitler would have flown the new Prime Minister to the Berghof to sign peace terms. He might have even come to London. It would have been a very different outcome to World War II.
Perhaps Hitler would have flown the new Prime Minister to the Berghof to sign peace terms. He might have even come to London. It would have been a very different outcome to World War II.