1990, ISBN: 9780851775487

London, England: Conway Maritime Press, Ltd, 1990. First English Language Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. viiim 272 pages. Illustrations. Ta… Mehr…

London, England: Conway Maritime Press, Ltd, 1990. First English Language Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. viiim 272 pages. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. Maps. Includes Foreword, Introduction, Prelude to a Landing; The Invasion Fleet; The Invasion Plan; and British Resistance. Also includes Glossary, Key to Symbols, and Index. Peter Schenk is a member of Berlin's Groener Group and spent months researching Operation Sealion at Freiburg's Military Archives. He has written and co-authored five books about German landing craft, netlayers and the fleets of World War I and World War II. The author begins by analyzing and describing the vessels that were developed and deployed for the operation: converted cargo vessels and steamers, more specialized landing craft, barges, and pontoons, and auxiliary vessels such as tugs and hospital ships. He then goes on to outline the strategic preparations for the landing, and looks to the operational plans of, in turn, the navy, army, and air force. The planned invasion is described in full detail so that the reader can follow the proposed sequence of events from loading, setting sail and the crossing of the Channel, to the landing and the early advances into southern England. It is hard to believe that in the summer of 1940, neither the Allies nor the Axis powers had any experience of large amphibious operations. German planning for Operation Sealion was concerned with pioneering new techniques and developing specialized landing craft. Remarkably, in only two months they prepared an invasion fleet of 4,000 vessels. In Operation Sealion, Peter Schenk begins by analyzing and describing the vessels that were developed and deployed for the operation: converted cargo vessels and steamers, more specialized landing craft, barges and pontoons, and auxiliary vessels such as tugs and hospital ships. He then goes on to outline the strategic preparations for the landing and looks at the operational plans of, in turn, the navy, army and air force. The planned invasion is described in full detail so that the reader can follow the proposed sequence of events from loading, setting sail and the crossing of the Channel, to the landing and the early advances into southern England. Schenk uniquely estimates the chances of success. This absorbing account of Hitler's abortive mission, more detailed than anything written hitherto, is of interest not just to the naval historian but to anyone with an interest in World War II., Conway Maritime Press, Ltd, 1990, 3<

1990, ISBN: 0851775489

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1990, ISBN: 0851775489

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