Operation Sea Lion
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Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion, was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom. It was to have taken place during the Battle of Britain, nine mont
British soldiers in France in 1939
Winston Churchill visiting bomb-damaged areas of the East End of London, 8 September 1940
The Channel (Der Kanal), D.66 Kriegsmarine nautical chart, 1943
Invasion barges assembled at the German port of Wilhelmshaven.
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
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The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht was the supreme military command and control staff of Nazi Germany during World War II, that was directly subordinated to Adolf Hitler. Created in 1938, the OKW succeede
Operation Sea Lion
…naval superiority over the English Channel and the proposed landing sites. The German forces achieved neither at any point of the war. Further, both the German High Command and Hitler himself held serious doubts about the prospects for success. Nevertheless, both the German Army and Navy undertook major preparations for…
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