What if Operation Sealion Succeeded?
Many claim that Germany could have won the Second World War, had they landed in Britain, after the fall of France. This would result in a peace treaty, so the Germans are free to invade the Soviet Union without having to garrison France and worry about a possible D-Day.
So what would happen had Operation Sealion succeeded, and why it wasn’t attempted historically? We would see if this would result in a German victory, or maybe it somehow backfires, and the Germans lose even quicker than they did historically.
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Hey, make sure to subscribe if you think Germany could win WW2 if Bhutan joined the Axis! Jokes aside, hope you liked my take on the realistic scenario I tried to come up with. Here you can suggest how Germany could have gotten the French navy.
@ryamsosohbajjaikoasknd
Ай бұрын
What do you mean joke? This would be a massive change in tides.
@rittyrizzani5705
Ай бұрын
@@ryamsosohbajjaikoasknd r/confidentlyincorrect
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
@@ryamsosohbajjaikoasknd True, they needed the Dragon Empire all along!
@Bulbs_Productions
Ай бұрын
Please do this unironically
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
@@Bulbs_Productions LOL I can make a short for the memes
What If Russia 🇷🇺 never annexed or conquered Siberia and didn't expand East into Asia
@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993
Ай бұрын
then Siberia would be a country
@WeirdMagnus
Ай бұрын
Why though
@cosmosyn2514
Ай бұрын
@@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993 probably not, the indigenous people of siberia are incredibly diverse and wouldnt be guaranteed to form one single country. The east possibly gets colonized by the British or even the Japanese later on
@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993
Ай бұрын
@@cosmosyn2514 or wit would be like the holy romen empire where there would be many countrys in the land but not one unified sibireia
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Chinese Siberia?
A more realistic way for germany to gain the french navy might be that in the terms of the french surrender, france would have less reparations but need to give up a large portion of their fleet until they can repay it or something like that..
@Freddy_Fazbear_and_Witherred
Ай бұрын
The French not getting any fleet cuz it was all lost against the brits
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I like the idea, but that is assuming that the French don't destroy it themselves. For example Bulgaria was forced to give up some of their ships too, and a naval admiral sunk a submarine on purpose.
@YeamaP
Ай бұрын
Oh yea... forgot about that@@rewriting-history
“Britain stands alone” Also the British : *laughs in largest empire on earth*
@ScoutGamingRoblox
Ай бұрын
real
@edwardhutchinson4207
Ай бұрын
They were alone in Europe and the armies of their dominions were too small to provide any major assistance against the Axis
@stargazer-elite
Ай бұрын
@@edwardhutchinson4207 *Canadian ferocity has joined the chat*
@user-eq9gi2gn9f
Ай бұрын
@@stargazer-elite WW1 Canada is what you are talkin about, but for WW2 the Canadians were really just another bounty of allie cannon fodder in the early stages of WW2, mostly the Americans took up the ferocity aim for the allies as well as teh Soviets taking the spotlight. TDLR Canadians werent shit in WW2
@donaldtrumplover2254
Ай бұрын
@@edwardhutchinson4207 what about India? Malaysia? Those places contributed a ridiculous amount to the British economy and industry.
Hardthrasher has an awesome series about the battle of Britain that leads me to believe unless everyone in the OKL was replaced with miraculously competent people, it could not have been won
Love your scenarios rewriting they are always really fun and have an interesting plot twist at the end
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I really appreciate it! I love making some cool endings, so people know to watch up until the end.
You're one of my favorite alt history channels! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
My pleasure! This is an honor and I never expected it to be somebody's top youtuber, but here I am. Hard work does pay off!
@danielsantiagourtado3430
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history YESSIR
Yeeeeeah New video and again very interesting, thanks Rewriting history 😁
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! My pleasure!
@Veteran_of_history
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history No problem my favorite altmapper
Imagine germany send 3 Million in operation sealion💀
Suggestion: Blessed Karl takes back hungary
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I want to do a lot of Austria-Hungary alternate history, as there isn't a lot available right now
@zalotskykarpov1884
Ай бұрын
agree@@rewriting-history
RH. You don’t need to keep defending yourself with scenarios being unrealistic. It’s fun to make interesting videos that defy historical expectations! It’s just that all the time explaining stuff to avoid a minority backlash is taking too much attention and time in the video.
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
You're right and I should stop. I just don't want my videos to be misleading to people who are expecting realistic content.
@blazingblizzard-6894
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history You have told everyone how you prefer making interesting scenarios a ton. If they don’t get it by now, they’re blind or are choosing to ignore what you like to make. Anyway, this video was a good one!
@DapperDonkey
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-historyA good compromise could be to just have a little bit of text somewhere to show it without wasting time, but also it's not really necessary overall as the whole point of alternate history is to let it be a bit more wacky and interesting
@kingofhearts3185
Ай бұрын
I think a quick acknowledgment at the start is enough
Nice, you uploaded
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Hey, my upload schedule isn't that terrible lol D:
Good video bro
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Appreciate it!
Very nice video.
Give me Thicc Bulgaria Scenario come on
@Alex-yy5wo
Ай бұрын
Bigarian Empire
They didnt get over because we flooded the channel with tea, take that Boston Tea Party
@rewriting-history
10 күн бұрын
Based
the production quality has increased a lot
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I appreciate that, I will keep increasing it very much, glad that you noticed!
@Rcmark70
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history keep it up man we love your content
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
@@Rcmark70 I love the support, thank you very much!
9:46 hoi4 mentioned rawghhh🦅🦅🦅
some mistakes : the french fleet wasnt controled by Vichy France, juste before they were attached by the british at Mers El Kebir, they even tried to contact the british and were surprised by the attack coming from allies, secondly Germany tried to take prisonner/destroy the british troopsat Dunkirk, but the French kept them long enough at Lille and Dunkirk for the british to flee back to GB
@chrisriverata1917
Ай бұрын
Yeah Germany didn't just let them go at Dunkirk they were trying everything they could do to crush them but the French Bravely held their ground so their allies could escape.
@TheSilliestPumpkin
Ай бұрын
+ The Polish borders are wrong
@dovetonsturdee7033
26 күн бұрын
The French navy did no such thing.
Hey I like unrealistic scenarios because the realistic ones are over saturated my personal favorite alt history is if Jeanne,D’Arc (Joan of Arc) became the queen of France and established a royal dynasty I actually wrote an entire script on this idea it was absolutely terrible but I enjoyed writing it so have fun with whatever idea hits your brain
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I also prefer unrealistic scenarios, so I will do some in the future, it's a though balance
They didnt even have a chance to land in britain, the royal navy was just to strong, combined with germany... Lacking key components to a succesfull landing.
@xmaniac99
Ай бұрын
Lel almost every naval invasion of the british isles by anyone who tried was successful (Romans, Celts, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, etc). The only ones that had bad luck where the Spanish.
@bigenglishmonkey
Ай бұрын
@@xmaniac99 in otherwords all of the times britain didn't have a navy or standing army? other than the spannish who fighting the royal navy head on is just alternate history.
@LukaSchoone-sd1wn
Ай бұрын
@@xmaniac99 That was, fun fact, before the United kingdom was establishedm
I loved how you said every once in a while that this isn't realistic. But I agree with you.
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I just don't want to mislead people to think that I'm for real.
Suggestion: what if the Germans in Courland didn't surrender
Thanks you
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Thank you too!
Does RH take suggestions from the comment section?
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I do take a lot from here
Video idea: What if Steiner counterattacked?
@dovetonsturdee7033
26 күн бұрын
Army Group Steiner' was imaginary. It seems to have consisted of a few hundred men sheltering behind a shed.
@just_hris
26 күн бұрын
@@dovetonsturdee7033 thr memes say the counter attack would have won the war
@dovetonsturdee7033
26 күн бұрын
@@just_hris Only fools with no actual knowledge would even suggest that.
@just_hris
26 күн бұрын
@@dovetonsturdee7033 no, bro. My point is that since Hitler wanted Steiner to attack at any cost and was so mad when he didn't. Ik he had nothing in his disposal and that's the point of the memes - a counter attack that Hitler believed would save Germany was in fact not gonna do anything.
@ziggazaggar
22 күн бұрын
@@just_hrisgermany’s surrender would have been delayed by a week if steiner counterattacked, there is your answer
Правиш наистина много добри и образователни видеа,продължавай все така
16:22 Unsure. Northern France and Nord-Pas-de-Calais was for a long time one of the most industrialized and populous region in the country as well as Alsace-Lorreine.
8:35. Well, he tried to destroy the BEF, but it was mostly thanks to French army, that slowed down the Germans so that the British could escape.
Can you do a video about what if Spain joined the central or axis powers?
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I have done some shorts, but I'm planning on doing a full video soon!
We need a video about the coin collection
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I don't have a good camera to show them all, I really want to make one, however
Suggestion - what if appeasement never happened and the allies declared war on Germany after the anchuluss or the seizing of the Sudetenland
Could you do a what if Finland accepted Stalin's proposal? Mannerheim even pushed for it because he knew he couldn't win against the Soviets.
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I can do a short about that, but what was Stalin's proposal?
@NeichoKijimura
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history Cool, he proposed to cede a part of Karelia to Finland in exchange for a part of Karjala. Leningrad would be secured, but Finland would grow in size, this may stop the continuation war. There was a vote held in the Finnish parliament to decide what they would do, the military leader Mannerheim suggested to accept but the vote failed. And then the winter war kicked off.
600 BC: The Celtic Tribes 50 AD: Roman Gallia 50 AD: Roman Empire 481: Kingdom Of Franks 820: Viking Invasion 911: Dutchy Of Normandy 1100: Kingdom Of France 1337: The Hundred Years War (French Victory) 1534: 1st Colonial Empire 1756: Seven Years War (British Victory) 1789: French Revolution 1803: The Napoleonic Wars (French Victory) 1812: First French Empire 1815: The Hundred Days War (Coalition Victory) 1815: Napoleon Exiled 1938: 2nd Colonial Empire 1940: France Under Nazi Occupation 1940: Free France, Vichy France 1954: Algerian War Of independence: (Algerian Victory)
As an australian, i dont really have anything to say. fun video :D
Video idea: What if the operation Weserubüng failed.
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Oh wow now this is really interesting. I will save it and you can expect it next month! :)
finally the dreams of the austrian painter comes true in you channel 😂😂 i have suggestion instead of putting a dollar on the german flag remove the mark and put something like + on it also make a scenario where you are the austrian painter but with full mental health and win the war
It would have required the support of the French extant fleet from Vichy and the Regia Marina, which was occupied with the RN in the Med.
suggestion: what if the ability for polish nobles to veto everything was taken right after the attack of sweden/what if the polish constitution of the 3rd of may was made in 1661 (not 100% sure about the date but around that time period) edit: the date was supposed to be ~a year after the swedish attack
The map you use if germany and occupied land confuses me didn't germany anax the clamed lands in poland
did germany research 30 max capacity landing convoy tho
Can u pls do this scenario:„What if the Republic of Volga Germany got independence after ww1“
@Rewriting History, I need a stream NOW, my rank will die soon D:
Please make what if Kingdom of Yugoslavia got Carinthia, Styria, Burgenland, Istria, Banat and Baranya after World War 1
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Well nothing too much would change and I don't see them getting half of Austria
@IndoSlovenian-Animations
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history What about What If everything went perfect for Yugoslavia or the Little Entente
@domenstrmsek5625
Ай бұрын
As slovenian I dubt all Styria becouse other Styria is Majority German
@domenstrmsek5625
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-historystill it would be fun thought
They could just airdrop in supplies??
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
There weren't enough planes to airdrop supplies for an army of 100,000 soldiers. Heavy equipment would have to be transported by sea. Even if they airdropped supplies, it would be small arms and food, which is not enough to besiege London, they would need artillery and tanks
@leventekocsis9103
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history Ammunation and humanatarian supplies could be airdropped with the few transport planes they did have, although tanks and heavy equipment would indeed need to be supplied by sea. If they only used convoys for heavy equipment they'd need less convoys over all and they would be harder to track.
Can you make a what if Italy didn't join the Axis?
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I have if they join the allies, but this one is also interesting :)
@HektorbossGr
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history thanks!
Video idea what if the Hungarian revolution succeeded
It would be a lot easier to invade Gibraltar, Malte and suez than to just directly invade Britain
It would have resulted in nuclear explosions in central Europe.
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
This is also my position if we go down the realistic path, I am currently making a follow up to that scenario
Can you do a scenario on the Romanian-Bulgarian union
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
This is my first ever video, but I guess I can do a video about it too
no more wallace and gromit 😭
It would’ve then been pushed out
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
And this was also my position in the video
A video so videoing with this comment so alghorithm boosting
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Gotta boost the algorithm myself too!
What if Frederick the great successfully fled to Great Britain when he was 18
Why bro keep showing off his cool coins 😭
Hey RWH, last week I made alternate history video on if Bulgaria won the second Balkan War and one this morning about if the Gallipoli Campaign was successful and it effects Bulgaria’s role in WW1. I’d really appreciate the feedback if you have the time to check either one out.
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Hi, I briefly checked these videos. I suggest you get into mapping, as it adds more visual variety. Content is good, I can hear you're relatively young, keep it up and don't quit. The only way to get better is to keep doing what you suck at or want to improve. Views don't matter, the only thing that matters is you having fun and learning. When you do that, views will come after that. Hope that helped!
@indianajones4321
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history thanks! Yeah I’ve pretty much been making videos for the fun and experience before going into the military. Creators like you, Possible History, and of course alternate history hub inspired me to just start making videos no matter how bad they start off. Thanks for suggesting the mapping, I’ll look into that!
What if Germany invaded Denmark and Norway during WW1?
Suggestion: What would have happened if everything had been perfect for the Mexican Empire?
Thanks for the conversion to freedom units, but you didn't play the national anthem first.
@rewriting-history
24 күн бұрын
Next time I will!
Lore of What if Operation Sealion Succeeded? Momentum 100
If operation Sealion succeeded. This video will be "what if UK succeeded on defending"
2:08 maybe use a actual photo of a British battleship instead of using a photo of the roma a italian battleship and just more accurate vehicles from there respective countries since that’s a bit misleading for some people.
What of Columbus was right about geography? The Earth is smaller, and the vikings reach east asia.
What if Albania didn't become independent after the Balkan war and Greece Montenegro Serbia kept the territory they gained from the ottomans in the first world war What if Bulgaria captured Constantinople in the first Balkan war What if Bulgaria was partioned in the second balken war wars
Suggestion what if the Byzantines survived the 1453 Siege
That American joke was on point
What if the PLC reformed their government so they couldn’t be controlled by foreign powers and thus be stronger and not be partitioned?
Can you do what if Germany succesfully invaded Britain in WW1? Or what if Britain joined Central powers in WW1
@Samuil-iq6eb
Ай бұрын
Learn real history lmfao.😂😂🤣
@GamerKarlYT
Ай бұрын
@@Samuil-iq6eb Why? I learned history and I just said some "What if" and you mean probably "succesfully invaded Britain" well Germany wanted to but couldn't so what is your point?
@Samuil-iq6eb
Ай бұрын
@@GamerKarlYT Rętard, Britain couldn't join the Central Powers, Germany couldn't invade Britain. It would've been much more likely for Britain to join the Axis than the Central Powers.
@GamerKarlYT
Ай бұрын
@@Samuil-iq6eb Can you now please tell me what is your point?
@Samuil-iq6eb
Ай бұрын
@@GamerKarlYT Those are impossible lmao.
What if Spain and Ireland joined the Axis after the fall of France?
What if Crassus conquered Persia
Yeah, Operation Sealion is an entire suicide mission and a half, with Germany having no fleet that would rival the British. Even with the French Navy, the combined Axis Fleet is still weaker than the British Royal Navy. But if they divide and conquer with the Submarines, they would at least have a sliver of a chance. In regards of the Gibraltar situation, an easy way would be for Italy to demand the Spanish's Balearic Islands as an Airport Island to do their Air Operations and extend their range closer to Gibraltar and enable some Air Parity against the Royal Air Force. It would at least open a chance for the Axis to take the French Navy out of the Mediterranean if only they got lucky. Battle of Britain is an entirely different beast though, on one hand, Germany can bait the British into dueling in the English Channel, where both sides would potentially lose more pilots than they would if they fight over Britain. Another would be if they continue bombing air fields and the factories building them in spite of Berlin being bombed and Hitler getting his ego hurt and ordering the flattening of London. But regardless, Germany lacked a proper landing fleet, aka Landing Ships and the support that America and Britain had during D-Day. But if Germany was able to secure Britain, it would either A) Make Britain fight from Canada with hopes of reclaiming the homelands. B) Britain might fold and promptly make a white peace, in favor of the Germans, but still remain somewhat afloat, they'll probably lose colonies in Africa, and Japan would definitely claim the Eastern colonies as Hitler would rather have swats of Africa than Asia. Records barely showed his interests in Asia, but did show that he has some interests in African colonies that the Allies have. Problem is whether Post-War, Germany would want to invade the Soviet Union, as they now have large swats of land that they wanted in the West instead of the East. And it is a big deal when Germany and Hitler hate Communism and would more than willingly bring down the Soviet Union down to make even more land from the fallout. Which would potentially either have Germany beat up the USSR with no Western Front to worry about and an Italy to cover or the losses and casualties from Sealion would dampen the Operation and make Europe fall into the clutches of the Soviet Union. But I think rambled more than enough for this one, all in all, Operation Sealion is a definite meme of an Operation proposal with lacking plans and resources to do so.
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Sealion didn't happen as the cost of fighting 2 fronts was taking atoll. The Nazis would of reignited Sealion if Russia had fell. The Nazis focused on Russia as there was an easy attack, or so they thought. They also believed in the defenses along the western front and that America was going to stay out of the war. Then Japan attacked Pearl and the Americans were like "Oh, ya'll want to play!" The Yanks then mobilized and with in a few months were shipping thousands of men across the Atlantic. The Nazis made a lot of assumptions, along with a belief that Japan weren't going to do something extremely stupid. The battle of Britain also didn't go amiss with the Nazis, they out numbered the RAF, the problem being that tactically Britain out shone the Nazis on the day, with the use of radar being pivotal in the outcome. In the words of Winston... "We shall never surrender!!"
Part 2
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I already have something cooking :P
@worldplayer3256
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history good
Wait so your telling me landing in britian is not the hardest part ? Hoi4 lied to me
Tno in a nutshell
have you a coin from the middle east ? My parents are Syrian but I born in France.
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I have a lot from the 60s from the middle east
why are you considering the swastika of germany? its history others don't consider the nazi swastika and there videos aren't taken down.
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I had problems with demonetization prior to the release of the video, so adding the swastika would make it 10 times worse
@stargazer-elite
Ай бұрын
Because KZread forces them to do that that’s the whole reason the armchair historian made a separate platform for him and various other history and alternate history KZreadrs because KZread is essentially tyrannical lol
He used American freedom units thank you my Balkan friend
9:51 Is this AI?
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
This is a HOI4 loading screen. I can't tell you if it's AI as I didn't make it, ask the creators.
@IndoSlovenian-Animations
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history Oh I didnt know that well I dont think its AI but I dont think its out of the picture also can you do What if EVERYTHING went perfect for the Little Entente
Make your own realistic scenario about Italy declaring war on France in 1915 and then Central powers winning WW1 because of the Italians distracting the Frenchies in the south
It really is just like HOI4...Sealion was just a noob trap..
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I agree here lol
What if Poland held out in ww2?
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I made a short on that and realized that it doesn't change a lot
@Samuil-iq6eb
Ай бұрын
Impossible.
Average hoi4 germany player
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Falling for the noob trap
Naw who gave German Poland land?
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
I did lol, this is how they planned to annex the territory after the war
What if Yugoslavia won the Yugoslav war
Pls make a kingdom of jerusalem alt history
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Weird idea, got any suggestion?
@qr8440
Ай бұрын
@@rewriting-historyBaudouin doesn't die of Leprosy?
What if Serbian great retreat failed?
What if soviet union have free and fair election
Why wouldn't Ireland gain Britain north Ireland
The British wether would stop them
@rewriting-history
Ай бұрын
Yeah, who wants to experience British weather, ay? :D
Hold it. Wasn't this a real propaganda movie where Mosley is put in charge?
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no way you have the same border error in every ww2 video you have the east german border with soviet union is wrong
What if Germany fully conquered the Soviet Union in 1942?
More coins!!!!!!
Man can you make What if india was never colonized Like whta will it impact the modern day
@dovetonsturdee7033
26 күн бұрын
Then it might well still have been a grouping of warring princely states.
Operation sealion is a noobtrap, if germany succeed, the USA problaby would enter in the war and then the germany would collapse, because now Germany couldn't invade USSR, meanwhile the USSR would be rebuilding his army to defeat Germany and won the inevitable war.
Wow, my favourite althist youtube collects coins just like me
Yeah, but Germany musy got Grance Navy and britist musst been kicked from africa and middle east, so Italian navy can help.