Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940: An Historical Cover Up?

by Martin W Bowman

Overview

Did a German invasion or invasions take place along the shores of East Anglia in 1940? Though Operation ‘Sealion’, the intended invasion of southern England, never materialized, Hitler openly confided that 'even a small invasion might go a long way’, and asked that his forces might mount one, two or even three ‘small invasions’ in 1940. So were the mass raids on London merely a diversion? Why have all the files on this most dramatic period in British history been placed under lock and key for the foreseeable future? Why have the instances involving setting fire to the sea and skirmishes around our coasts been covered up?

Martin W. Bowman tells the full story of these remarkable events - both actual and ‘factional’ - involving British defenders in the Army, Home Guard and Auxiliary Units and the invading Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers) and Brandenburgers (Fifth Column troops, many in civilian or captured British uniforms); Luftwaffe Fieseler Storch aircraft and Junkers Ju 52s towing DFS 200 gliders and parachutists. This is a thrilling edge of your seat publication, drawing upon details of actual Allied and German airborne operations during the Second World War. It is complimented by an extensive Appendix section and scores of previously unpublished photos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526705488
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	12/27/2019
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Martin Bowman is one of Britain's leading aviation authors and has written a great deal of books focussing on aspects of Second World War aviation history. He lives in Norwich in Norfolk. He is the author of many Pen and Sword Aviation titles, including all releases in the exhaustive Air War D-Day and Air War Market Garden series.

Table of Contents

Prelude The Veil of the Unknown viii

Chapter 1 'Fall Gelb' 1

Chapter 2 The Death Ray 42

Chapter 3 The Last Ditch 74

Chapter 4 If the Invader Comes 88

Chapter 5 The Invasion that never was 113

Chapter 6 'The Germans have Landed' 135

Chapter 7 Caught like Fish in a Frying Pan 148

Chapter 8 'Even a Small Invasion might go a Long Way' 161

Chapter 9 Unternehmen Brandenburg Concerto 176

Chapter 10 Went the day Well? 197

Appendix A Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation 'Sealion') Order of Battle August 1940 215

Appendix B Commando Operations 1940-43 219

Appendix C Airborne Operations 1941-43 226

Appendix D Operation 'Biting' February 1942 235

Appendix E Operation 'Jubilee'; the raid on Dieppe, 19 August 1942 238

Appendix F Operation 'Deadstick', June 1944 240

Appendix G 'Secrecy over Wartime File Remains Baffling' 244

Index 268