The scene the Germans least wanted to see had occurred. After losing the Battle of Britain, the German Air Force was no longer capable of organizing large-scale attacks on the United Kingdom.
This also meant that the first stage of Operation Sea Lion had already failed. Without being able to effectively destroy the military airfields and radar stations in southern Britain, secretly bypassing the British Navy and successfully carrying out a landing would be extremely difficult.
Moreover, after the outbreak of the Battle of Britain, the British people had also strengthened their patrols of the English Channel. Under such circumstances, launching a large-scale landing on the British mainland would undoubtedly amount to sending the German Army to its death.
Helpless, the German Prime Minister could only reluctantly announce the indefinite suspension of Operation Sea Lion, temporarily shifting the German Army's objectives back to continental Europe.
As for the war on the European continent, there were also fierce arguments within the German Staff Department.
The three Nordic countries had basically been wiped out. Although the regions near the Arctic Circle that remained had not yet been occupied by the German Army, they could no longer pose any threat to Germany.
This meant that Germany currently had only two main battlefronts left: the French battlefield and the Balkan Front.
On both battlefronts, Germany already held a considerable advantage. The French people had been beaten into headlong flight by Germany. Although they had established defensive positions centered around Tours, the fact that they had lost their capital, Paris, was undeniable.
As for the Balkan Front, the German Army had gained the upper hand after sending only a single Army Group into the fighting.
Romania, Bulgaria, and Italy had little difficulty gaining the advantage against Yugoslavia, Greece, and Albania.
After all, the combined population