Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940: An Historical Cover Up?
The aviation historian presents a provocative analysis of WWII airborne operations to investigate what happened to Hitler’s planned invasion of England.
 
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 asked his forces to mount one, two or even three small invasions in 1940. This raises some provocative questions: Were the mass raids on London merely a diversion? Why have all the files on this most dramatic period in British history been kept hidden? 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 involving British defenders in the Army, Home Guard and Auxiliary Units and the invading Nazi military forces. This revealing history examines Allied and German airborne operations during the Second World War to piece together a truly riveting narrative. It is complimented by an extensive Appendix section and scores of previously unpublished photos.
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Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940: An Historical Cover Up?
The aviation historian presents a provocative analysis of WWII airborne operations to investigate what happened to Hitler’s planned invasion of England.
 
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 asked his forces to mount one, two or even three small invasions in 1940. This raises some provocative questions: Were the mass raids on London merely a diversion? Why have all the files on this most dramatic period in British history been kept hidden? 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 involving British defenders in the Army, Home Guard and Auxiliary Units and the invading Nazi military forces. This revealing history examines Allied and German airborne operations during the Second World War to piece together a truly riveting narrative. It is complimented by an extensive Appendix section and scores of previously unpublished photos.
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Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940: An Historical Cover Up?

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

by Martin W. Bowman
Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940: An Historical Cover Up?

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

by Martin W. Bowman

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The aviation historian presents a provocative analysis of WWII airborne operations to investigate what happened to Hitler’s planned invasion of England.
 
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 asked his forces to mount one, two or even three small invasions in 1940. This raises some provocative questions: Were the mass raids on London merely a diversion? Why have all the files on this most dramatic period in British history been kept hidden? 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 involving British defenders in the Army, Home Guard and Auxiliary Units and the invading Nazi military forces. This revealing history examines Allied and German airborne operations during the Second World War to piece together a truly riveting narrative. It is complimented by an extensive Appendix section and scores of previously unpublished photos.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526705501
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 01/08/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 18 MB
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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 & 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

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