All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXXII

[GethN7]

Could our WWII specialist take a look at this edit in the moderation queue, please?

A new troper with zero edit history wants to cut the discussion of Operation Sealion from  Curb Stomp Battle/Real Life with the edit reason "Cut for being pure speculation".

If the entry is wrong, then of course it should be cut. if the entry is speculation backed up with wargame simulation (which the entry claims), then... do we want to cut it, move it to another section, or leave it alone?

I rejected it. There was a very real 1975 wargame done with both British and German oversight to examine the feasibility of the original concept for Operation Sealion. Here is the summary of the wargame:

https://web.archive.org/web/202106051537...eelowe.txt

I'll be informing said editor why.