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Documents: 15
| 784 | ANSEL, Walter. Hitler Confronts England. xix, 348p., illus., index. Durham: Duke UP, 1960.
Admiral Ansell's book is a detailed study of the projected invasion of England in 1940 (Operation Sealion), based largely on original German records. |
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| 785 | FLEMING, Peter. Invasion 1940: An Account of the German Preparations and British Counter-Measures. 323p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hart-Davis; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957.
An excellent study of the proposed invasion, with a good account of British strategy and reasons for naval dispositions. US and paperback title: Operation Sea Lion. |
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| 786 | GLOVER, Michael. Invasion Scare 1940. xiii, 224p., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1990. ISBN: 0850522625.
An account which attempts to synthesise German and British approaches and responses to the tense summer of 1940. |
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| 787 | GRINNELL-MILNE, Duncan. The Silent Victory: September 1940. 210p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Bodley Head, 1958.
A full examination of the projected German invasion in 1940 and the reasons for its cancellation. He claims that the Navy, more than any other factor, frustrated German plans. |
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| 788 | HEWITT, Geoff. Hitler's Armada: The German Invasion Plan, and the Defence of Great Britain by the Royal Navy, April-October 1940. xx, 194p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2008. ISBN: 1844157857.
A re-appraisal of German plans and British preparedness which reassesses the relative importance of sea power and air power. |
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| 789 | KIESER, Egbert. Hitler on the Doorstep. Operation Sealion: The German Plan to Invade Britain, 1940. 287p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1997. 1557503907.
First published in Germany in 1987 this is a young historian's refreshing account of the summer of 1940. Explores British defensive plans as much as German preparations to invade. |
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| 790 | MACKSEY, Kenneth. Invasion: The German Invasion of England, July 1940. 223p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; New York: Macmillan, 1980. ISBN: 0853683247.
Although a speculative account of how an invasion might have happened, Macksey is a respected military historian and his views are based on known plans and possibilities. Contains a succinct account of the state of the navy in July 1940. Reprinted by Greenhill in 1989. |
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| 792 | SCHENK, Peter. Invasion of England 1940: The Planning of Operation Sealion. viii, 372p., illus., index. London: Conway, 1990. ISBN: 0851775489.
A technical guide to the invasion craft and to the operational plan and the units to be involved. Very thorough. |
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| 793 | TAYLOR, Telford. The Breaking Wave: The German Defeat in the Summer of 1940. 378p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld, 1967. ISBN: 0671103660.
An American view of the summer of 1940. Focuses on German strategy and has a full view of the planning for Operation Sea Lion. |
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| 794 | WHEATLEY, Ronald. Operation Sea Lion: German Plans for the Invasion of England 1939-1942. xiv, 201p., illus., index. Oxford: Clarendon, 1958.
A carefully documented account of German plans. |
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| 4534 | McKINSTRY, Leo. Operation Sealion: How Britain Crushed the German War Machine’s Dreams of Invasion in 1940. [ vii], 486p., bibliog., illus., index. London: John Murray, 2014. ISBN: 184854698X. A well researched and well written account which paints a picture of a ruthless and proficient British approach on all counts. |
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| 791 | RAINBOW, Jonathan. Tribute: Operation Sealion. xii, 112p., illus. London: Avon, 1997. ISBN: 1860334296. An account of the planned invasion aimed at schoolchildren. |
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| 4854 | BOWMAN, Martin H. Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940: An Historical Cover Up? 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018. ISBN: 1526705486. A good study of a possible small raid or invasion in East Anglia in 1940. Whether real or a conspiracy theory is fully explored. |
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| 4908 | WRAGG, David. Operation Sealion: Hitler’s Invasion Plan for Britain. xii, 239p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2017. ISBN: 9781473867383. Another title from this prolific author. A rather poor derivative potboiler with many errors. |
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| 4907 | SCHENK, Peter. Operation Sealion: The Invasion of England 1940. x, 326p., illus., index. Barnsley Greenhill. ISBN: 9781784383947. This appears to be a retitled version of his 1990 work Invasion of England 1940 with a new foreword. An excellent detailed technical study. |
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