Operation Sealion


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Operation Sealion

n
(Military) the codename for Hitler's proposed invasion (1940) of Great Britain
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The British Expeditionary Force had been evacuated from Dunkirk, France had surrendered and Hitler was preparing Operation Sealion, an invasion of England.
Forgotten raid on Nazi bridge risked all pilots but helped Dambusters to victory; Raid by RAF bombers codenamed M.25 involved some of the same men who would later ride to glory on the Dambusters raid
The blueprint for Operation Sealion, planned for September 1940, is remarkably similar to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy four years later.
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By the end of June 1940, Britain and her empire stood alone and defiant and prepared for an invasion attempt by Hitler, codenamed Operation Sealion.
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By the end of June 1940 Britain and her empire stood alone and defiant and prepared for an invasion attempt by Hitler, codenamed Operation Sealion. Much materiel - artillery, tanks, lorries - had been left behind in France and had to be replaced quickly.
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Operation Sealion: Hitler's Invasion Plan for Britain
Operation Sealion: Hitler's Invasion Plan for Britain
And now the secret documents, prepared by the German General Staff as part of preparations for Operation Sealion - the invasion strategy - will be auctioned on Wednesday.
'Top Secret' dossier of Hitler's North East plan; DOSSIER EMERGES OF NAZIS' INVASION STRATEGY
The secret Nazi dossier detailing targets in the North East as part of their 1940 invasion plan Operation Sealion
Up for sale:The dossier of Hitler's North East targets
And now the secret documents, prepared by the German General Staff as part of preparations for Operation Sealion -- the invasion strategy -- will be auctioned on Wednesday.
The secret Nazi dossier of Adolf Hitler's North East targets revealed; A secret Nazi dossier detailing vital targets across the North East ahead of a planned invasion of Britain is to go under the hammer at auction
A collection of military geographical maps from 1942 reveal the Nazis had North-east England very much in mind as part of the planned invasion of Britain - Operation Sealion. The maps were recently rediscovered in a drawer and are due to go up for auction this week.
Hospitals and even orphanages would have been hit if Hitler had invaded
It features postcards to help German soldiers identify their locations and targets as part of what was called Operation Sealion.
Dossier reveals Mersey Tunnel as Nazis' target; Top-secret war documents go under hammer
The dossier was in preparation of the aborted Operation Sealion.
Nazi's used post cards and calendars to plot UK invasion during WW2
The Spanish Armada and Hitler's Operation Sealion come to mind.
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