I was indeed referring to the theory that the Navy 'won' the Battle of Britian (how do ships win an air battle?)
Interesting that
Dr Andrew Gordon, the head of maritime history at the staff college
believes that it was the threat of Britain's seapower that deterred invasion rather than the RAF.
And,
Even if the RAF had been defeated the fleet would still have been able to defeat any invasion because fast ships at sea could easily manoeuvre and "were pretty safe from air attack".
Tell that to the Prince of Wales & the Repulse.
But that's the great thing about revisionist history, you can say pretty much what you like in the certain knowledge that you'll get headlines and anything you say can't be totally disproven because it can't be tested.
Hitler gave up on his invasion plans because the Luftwaffe lost the air battle and it was getting too late in the season to cross the Channel with his invasion barges. Had he won the BofB he might have subsequently been deterred by the RN but it never reached that point because
the RAF had already triumphed.
To quote that annoying Meercat: