| Description |
323 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Seconds out of the ring -- Ch. 2. A bugbear in eclipse -- Ch. 3. The background to the German plan -- Ch. 4. Directive no. 16 -- Ch. 5. The threat from above and the threat from within -- Ch. 6. The mirages in Hitler's mind: (1) capitulation -- Ch. 7. John Bull at bay -- Ch. 8. The mirages in Hitler's mind: (2) disintigration -- Ch. 9. Leadership in a dark hour -- Ch. 10. The sea affair -- Ch. 11. Margins of error: (1) British intelligence about Germans -- Ch. 12. Margins of error: (2) German intelligence about the British -- Ch. 13. Expedients and improvisations -- Ch. 14. In the air: the lull -- Ch. 15. In the air: the storm -- Ch. 16. The legend of German dilettantism -- Ch. 17. The sausage machine -- Ch. 18. "And if necessary the island will be occupied" -- Ch. 19. The eleventh hour -- Ch. 20. The reckoning |
| Notes |
London ed. (Hart-Davis) has title: Invasion 1940 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index |
| Subject |
Operation Sea Lion.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- England.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
57007936 |
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