re: #317 RealityBasedSteve

A book I re-read recently How Hitler Could Have Won WWII mentioned that Hitler at that time was still envisioning a plan where the British would stay bottled up in England, and allow him the rest of Europe. He didn’t want to destroy the English Army for fear of losing that option.

RBS

That was also one of the reasons he didn’t allow the Wehrmacht to go in and take out the BEF; though it may sound bizarre, he was trying to show the Brits he was willing to accommodate - and work with - the British Empire, as long as they gave him carte blanche in Europe.