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by garyscary 2539 days ago
Check out this actual war game they conducted in 1974 where they concluded that the invasion would have been a resounding failure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion_(wargame)

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That says they assumed a Germany with no air supremacy yet.
Based on the simulations they ran according to historical data, they concluded that the Germans would have thought they had air supremancy even if that was impossible, even with the Germans continuing to bomb RAF bases long after they switched to cities.

Honestly, I figured the GP would get a kick out of reading about a hypothetical war game of the scenario they envisioned.

OK, thanks, but that war game didn't consider what would've happened if the Germans had learned about the British radar network.
No problem, just thought it was interesting to compare what could have happened compared to what you proposed.