We March Against England

Operation Sea Lion, 1940–41

De: Robert Forczyk

Narrado por: Paul Boehmer

In May 1940, Nazi Germany was master of continental Europe. The only European power still standing was Great Britain - and the all-conquering German armed forces stood poised to cross the Channel. Following the destruction of the RAF fighter forces, the sweeping of the Channel of mines, and the wearing down of the Royal Naval defenders, two German army groups were set to storm the beaches of southern England. Despite near-constant British fears from August to October, the invasion never took place after first being postponed to spring 1941 before finally being abandoned entirely.

Robert Forczyk, author of Where the Iron Crosses Grow, looks beyond the traditional British account of Operation Sea Lion, complete with plucky Home Guards and courageous Spitfire pilots, at the real scale of German ambition, plans, and capabilities. He examines, in depth, how Operation Sea Lion fitted in with German air-sea actions around the British Isles as he shows exactly what stopped Hitler from invading Britain.

©2016 Robert Forczyk (P)2016 Tantor

Splendid

Well-written and enlightening. Excellent perspective on the entire early war-including persuasive scenarios for how an invasion of England may have affected the war.

If ww II interests you, download it now. Excellent reader as well.

New facts

It's refreshing to hear about new facts coming out about the potential of Operation Sea Lion. This presents a new vision of the buildup of forces, abilities to resist by the British and invasion by the Germans. Highly recommended for those interested in this subject.

One of the best histories out.

This is a well researched, thought provoking look at the possible German invasion of Britain. Loved it.

Not convinced

Lots of good information but author insists that German army was invincible and Brits were pathetic. He never convinced me that the Germans could land 9 division with a few ships and rubber boats. We don’t know because the Germans never tried it. It doesn’t matter how swell your army is if you can’t get across the English Channel. The author compares a German landing in England to a wide river crossing which I think is silly.

There’s Good And Bad Here

As a relative novice to Sealion, I learned a lot listening to this book and I purchased it as an ebook for future reference. There’s a lot of bloat, though. Entire chapters are devoted to matters connected to Sealion only due to the timeframe in which they occurred and the fact they involved Germany vs UK. That’s forgivable. What isn’t forgivable is the narrator’s insistence on referring to “the World War I” and “the World War II.” Every. Single. Time. It was so annoying that I actually went to the ebook to see if that’s the way the author wrote it. He did not. While it didn’t completely ruin the audiobook for me, it certainly made for some irritating moments.