Operation Sea Lion
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Operation Sea Lion was Nazi Germany’s planned but never-executed amphibious invasion of Great Britain during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Sea Lion canonical | 5 |
| German invasion of Britain scare 1940 | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military operation plan
ⓘ
planned amphibious invasion ⓘ |
| belligerent | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| codename | Unternehmen Seelöwe ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| followedBy | shift of German focus to Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
English Channel
ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment | considered impractical by many naval experts ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of the unrealized German invasion threat to Britain in 1940 ⓘ |
| languageOfCodename | German ⓘ |
| militaryBranchInvolved |
Heer
ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| objective |
defeat of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
invasion of Great Britain ⓘ |
| opponent | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British Army
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | German strategy against the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| plannedBy |
Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
German General Staff ⓘ
surface form:
German Army High Command
Kriegsmarine ⓘ Luftwaffe ⓘ Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| plannedLandingArea |
Dorset
ⓘ
Hampshire ⓘ Kent ⓘ East Sussex ⓘ
surface form:
Sussex
southern coast of England ⓘ |
| plannedLandingMethod |
airborne landings by paratroopers
ⓘ
amphibious assault across the English Channel ⓘ |
| plannedOpposingForce | British home defence forces ⓘ |
| plannedStartDate | 1940-09-15 ⓘ |
| plannedUseOf | converted river barges for troop transport ⓘ |
| planningBegan | 1940-07 ⓘ |
| reasonForCancellation |
failure to achieve air superiority in the Battle of Britain
ⓘ
logistical difficulties of cross-Channel invasion ⓘ strength of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Operation Sea Lion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of Britain scare 1940
|
| relatedOperation | Battle of Britain ⓘ |
| requiredPrecondition |
German air superiority over southern England
ⓘ
German air superiority over the English Channel ⓘ |
| status |
cancelled
ⓘ
never executed ⓘ |
| theatre |
Western Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Front of World War II
|
| timePeriod | 1940 ⓘ |
| translationOfCodename | Operation Sea Lion self-link ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
German invasion of Britain scare 1940