Invasion; The German Invasion of England July 1940
New York, N.Y. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 223, [1] pages. DJ is worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Includes Preface, Historical Notes, Select Bibliography, and Index, as well as 12 black and white maps. Chapters cover A Lion is Born; A Gathering of Forces; The Taking of Western Europe; Britain Against the Wall; The Testing Time; Assumptions and Plans; Days of the Eagle; Assault from the Sky; Assault from the Sea; The Fight for the Bridgehead; Check and Counter-Check; The Trade-Off; The Crunch; The Battle of the GHQ Line; The Hinge of Destiny; and As it Happened. Written by a brilliant military historian who is the author of many books on the Second World war, INVASION is a unique reinvestigation of the forces, resources, and options open to both England and Germany in that fateful summer of 1940. Judging from Germany's overwhelming military power and England's isolation and vulnerability, the author concludes that had Operation Sealion been launched in July, its success would have been a virtual certainty. Indeed, had Hitler accepted Kesselring's advice to invade Britain soon after Dunkirk (during the period considered by British intelligence to be the most dangerous), the events described in this book might well have happened, and the tide of history would have been forever altered. In June 1940, as German troops massed across the Channel, poised for the invasion of Britain, Hitler seemed ready for his greatest gamble. In this compelling alternate history the Germans actually launch the invasion. Landing between Dover and Hythe, German troops push inland, supported by the Luftwaffe and the panzers, and strike toward London. More