Germany could have WON the Battle of Britain if they started earlier, study finds

A mathematical study claims to have proven the long-held belief that the Battle of Britain could have easily been won by the Germans if not for tactical ineptitude. University of York researchers have created a computer model that uses a statistical technique called'weighted bootstrapping' to re-imagine the 1940 battle under different circumstances. It identifies two enormous blunders by notorious Nazi commander Hermann Goering - a trained fighter pilot - who led the assault that crippled the Nazi effort and helped Britain win. The researchers say it provides statistical backing to many historians' belief that if Germany had launched an attack immediately after Winston Churchill's famous'Battle of Britain' speech on June 18, rather than three weeks later on July 10, and targeted airfields rather than cities and populated areas, the Nazis would probably have been victorious. This would have crippled the British response by decimating the number of fighter pilots and destroying vital radar systems used to track German planes, paving the way for a naval and land invasion.