Invasion!: Operation Sea Lion, 1940

Invasion!: Operation Sea Lion, 1940

by Martin Marix Evans (Author)

Synopsis

This terrifying alternative reality is actually based on historical facts. The book follows the real course of events up to1 September, including the planning in Britain and Germany, and the aerial war. The fictional story then supposes that the Germans halted their advance in France along the Seine and the Aisne after the fall of Paris and that Marshal Petain conceded an armistice at that point. The Panzer divisions are thus able to rest and re-equip in northern France...

A brilliant blend of meticulous research and imagination, this book is bound to appeal to anyone with an interest in the causes and effects of historical events, and indeed to anyone interested in world war history itself.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 292
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 058277294X
ISBN 13: 9780582772946
Book Overview: It's the summer of 1940 and the Nazis have crossed the English Channel to invade Britain. They advance North from the South coast and great swathes of Southern England come under German control. Fiction, of course, but an invasion of Britain was planned by Hitler to take place in the summer of 1940 - how far would the Germans have been able to advance? Would they have been successful?

Media Reviews

He surmises what the outcome would have been if Hitler's plans had been put into operation. The results are thought-provoking and chilling, leaving the reader thankful that Hitler's troops never set foot on this green and pleasant land

- Leicester Mercury

Author Bio
Martin Marix-Evans is an experienced full-time military history writer. His previous books include: English Civil War: Naseby, June 1645 (Pen & Sword, 2002); The Fall of France (Osprey, 2000); The Boer War (Osprey 1999); The Battles of the Somme (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998); Retreat Hell: We Just Got Here (Osprey, 1998); Passchendale and the Battle of Ypres (Osprey, 1997).Angus McGeoch will be translating the German material (he has previously translated 'Hitler's Henchmen' by Guido Knopp (Sutton, 2000).