Robert Forczyk: We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41, Osprey
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In May 1940 Nazi Germany was master of continental Europe,
the only European power still standing was Great Britain - and the
all-conquering German armed forces stood poised to cross the Channel.
Following the destruction of the RAF fighter forces, the sweeping of the
Channel of mines, and the wearing down of the Royal Naval defenders,
two German army groups were set to storm the beaches of southern
England. Despite near-constant British fears from August to October, the
invasion never took place after first being postponed to spring 1941
before finally being abandoned entirely.
Robert Forcyzk, author of Where the Iron Crosses Grow, looks beyond the traditional British account of Operation Sea Lion,
complete with plucky Home Guards and courageous Spitfire pilots, at the
real scale of German ambition, plans and capabilities. He examines, in
depth, how Operation Sea Lion fitted in with German air-sea actions around the British Isles as he shows exactly what stopped Hitler from invading Britain.
Le rivelazioni di uno storico: il Fuhrer avrebbe voluto occupare l'isola di Wight per puntare sulla Gran Bretagna ma venne dissuaso dalla Marina militare tedesca
Giovanni Vasso Giornale - Lun, 26/09/2016
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