The invasion is deferred beyond 1940
By October the invasion project had been pushed beyond the practical 1940 season. Hitler directed that preparations should continue only in a form that could preserve the appearance of a threat while the main air effort increasingly shifted toward bombing at night. The Luftwaffe still mounted daylight fighter and fighter-bomber operations. The change was one of method and emphasis rather than an abrupt end to combat over Britain. The campaign was moving into a different strategic problem. Germany could bomb Britain without having gained the level of daylight air superiority…
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