Operation Sea Lion and Worcestershire defences

The battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Winston Churchill - June 18th 1940 Churchill’s famous speech on the 18th June in 1940 came a few short weeks after the British Expeditionary forces (BEF) retreat at Dunkirk. The German army had swept through France and the Low countries and reached the channel coast. By early July, various areas of German command had started putting together preliminary plans for dealing with the British. Ranging from pushing for a negotiated peace, to a full on invasion. In pretty much any scenario, it was assumed the Luftwaffe would have control of the skies and the Kriegsmarine had limited the impact the Royal Navy could have in the channel and north sea. Then on July 16th 1940, Hitler issued directive 16; As England, despite her hopeless military situation, still shows no signs of willingness to come to terms, I have decided to prepare, and if necessary to carry out, a landing operation against her. This operation…