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It is also worth pointing out that to get to Ireland the departing ships would have had to circumnavigate the British coastline at Cornwall.

Every vessel taking part in Green was to carry anti-aircraft weaponry indicating that the planners expected the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) to intercept them, although air cover from the Luftwaffe's West of France Air Command was to be provided as part of Sea Lion.