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OperationSealion
The German plan

Operation Sea Lion (German: Unternehmen Seelöwe) was the plan to invade the United Kingdom by the Nazis during World War II. The plan began in 1940. However, Germany first had to control the sky and sea of the English Channel before a land invasion. With German Navy weakened during the German invasion of Norway and with the German Air Force defeated in the Battle of Britain, the operation was put off on 17 September 1940 and never happened.

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  • The British Army in France 1939 O86

    British soldiers in France in 1939

  • Winston Churchill visiting bomb-damaged areas of the East End of London, 8 September 1940. H3978

    Winston Churchill visiting bomb-damaged areas of the East End of London, 8 September 1940

  • D.Adm.66 Der Kanal Ost Blatt by www.kartengruppe.it

    The Channel (Der Kanal), D.66 Kriegsmarine nautical chart, 1943

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MN-1369-10A, Wilhelmshaven, Prahme für "Unternehmen Seelöwe"

    Invasion barges assembled at the German port of Wilhelmshaven.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MN-2781-19, Russland, Landungsboot mit Zugkraftwagen

    A Pionierlandungsboot.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-5674-45, Übungen mit Panzer III für Unternehmen Seelöwe

    A Panzer III Tauchpanzer under test (1940)

  • 210 mm Railway Gun

    The huge 21 cm K12 railway gun was only suitable for bombarding targets on land.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 102-17964, Ordensburg Krössinsee, Herzog von Windsor

    Edward, Duke of Windsor reviewing SS guards with Robert Ley, 1937

See also

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