num_pages: 400
description: In the summer of 1940 the Nazi war machine was at its zenith. France Denmark Norway and the Low Countries were all under occupation. Only Britain stood in the way of the complete triumph and Hitler planned a two-pronged offensivea blistering aerial bombardment followed by a land invasionto subdue his final enemy. But for the first time in the war Hitler did not prevail. As Leo McKinstry details in this fascinating new history the British were far more ruthless and proficient than is usually recognized. The brilliance of the RAF in the Battle of Britain was not an exception but part of a pattern of magnificent organization that thwarted Hitlers armies at every turn. Using a wealth of archival and primary source materials Leo McKinstry provides a groundbreaking new assessment of the six fateful months in mid-1940 when Operation Sea Lion was all that stood between the Nazis and total victory.
language: English
title: Operation Sea Lion
publisher: Abrams Press