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01485aam a2200265 4500 001 13BB860EC10211E69F7D48A6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 161101n2016 000 0 eng u 020 $a 1472814851 020 $a 9781472814852 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Forczyk, Robert 245 10 $a We March Against England : $b Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41 / $c Robert Forczyk 260 $a New York : $b Osprey Publishing, $c 2016 300 $a 368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a In May, 1940, Nazi Germany was master of continental Europe, the only European power still standing was Great Britain--and the all-conquering German armed forces stood poised to cross the Channel. Following the destruction of the RAF fighter forces, the sweeping of the Channel of mines, and the wearing down of the Royal Naval defenders, two German army groups were set to storm the beaches of southern England. Despite near-constant British fears from August to October, the invasion never took place after first being postponed to spring 1941, before finally being abandoned entirely. 650 0 $a Operation Sea Lion 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Great Britain 941 $a 3 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20171102010930.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20170512010436.0 952 $l MCPB423 $d 20170316140454.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=13BB860EC10211E69F7D48A6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search