Operation Sea Lion
cancelled Nazi German plan for invading Britain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Sea Lion (German: Unternehmen Seelöwe) was the plan to invade the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during World War II. However, Germany first had to control the sky and sea of the English Channel before a land invasion.
With the Kriegsmarine weakened during the German invasion of Norway and the Luftwaffe defeated at the Battle of Britain, the invasion was "suspended indefinitely" on 17 September 1940 and ended up never happening.[1]
Some historians think Germany could have invaded Great Britain with the help of friendly countries and unity within the German military. Most historians, however, believe that the German plans would have had little chance of success.[2]
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