Unternehmen Seelöwe

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amphibious invasion plan planned military operation

Unternehmen Seelöwe was Nazi Germany’s planned but never executed World War II invasion of Great Britain in 1940.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amphibious invasion plan → planned military operation →
announced	1940-07 →
authorizedBy	Adolf Hitler →
belligerent	Nazi Germany →
codename	Operation Sea Lion →
country	Nazi Germany →
eventuallyAbandoned	1940-10 →
hasContext	German strategic planning after the defeat of France →
historicalSignificance	symbol of unrealized German plans to invade Britain →
languageOfName	German →
militaryTheater	Western Front →
namedAfter	sea lion →
objective	defeat of the United Kingdom → invasion of Great Britain →
opponent	United Kingdom →
opposedBy	Royal Air Force → Royal Navy →
originalNameLanguage	German →
partOf	World War II →
plannedBy	Adolf Hitler →
plannedByOrganization	Heer → Kriegsmarine → Luftwaffe → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht →
plannedForceType	airborne troops → amphibious assault forces → naval escort forces →
plannedLandingArea	Dorset → Hampshire → Kent → Sussex → southern coast of England →
plannedLocation	English Channel →
plannedStartCondition	achievement of air superiority by the Luftwaffe →
postponed	1940-09 →
reasonForCancellation	Battle of Britain outcome → German failure to gain air superiority over Britain → insufficient German naval superiority in the English Channel →
relatedEvent	Battle of Britain → Fall of France →
status	cancelled → never executed →
target	England → Great Britain →
timePeriod	1940 →
translation	Operation Sea Lion →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Sea Lion →	codename