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Invasion, 1940 (Hardcover)
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The Battle of Britain could not stop Operation Sealion, the planned
German invasion. The historians got it wrong. This is a big claim
to make, yet the reasoning behind it is remarkably straightforward.
In Invasion 1940, author Derek Robinson asks why historians have
dovetailed the Battle of Britain with Operation Sealion. Military
experts say the Battle prevented an invasion, but they don't
exactly explain how. Why is it taken for granted that an air battle
could halt an assault from the sea? The skill and courage of the
RAF pilots isn't in question, but did the Luftwaffe's failure to
destroy them, plus bad weather, really persuade Hitler to cancel
Sealion? That's what Hitler said, and Churchill claimed a great
victory for 'The Few'. The Battle of Britain ended; Sealion died.
One followed the other, so the first must have caused the second.
But Derek Robinson challenges that assumption and reaches a
startling conclusion. The real obstacle to invasion was a force
that both Churchill and Hitler failed to acknowledge. In this
fascinating reexamination, Robinson doesn't seek to downplay the
heroism and achievements of the RAF; rather, he wants the true
picture of that brilliant moment in history -- Invasion, 1940 -- to
emerge.
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