Operation Sea Lion – Hitler's Plan to Invade Britain

About this episode

This episode discusses Hitler's Operation Sea Lion and Britain's resistance under Winston Churchill during World War II.

In July 1940, Hitler issued a directive formally launching Operation Sea Lion, Nazi Germany's plan to invade and conquer Britain. Despite the fall of France, Britain, under its new Prime Minister Winston Churchill, showed no intention of surrendering. In a series of defiant speeches, Churchill rallied the British people, famously vowing that they would fight on the beaches, in the streets, and in the hills. It soon became clear to Hitler that if he wanted to end the war in the West, he would ...

People in this episode

Host: Gary Kent

Topics covered

• World War II
• Nazi Germany
• British history
• Winston Churchill
• military strategy

Keywords

• Operation Sea Lion
• Hitler
• Britain
• Winston Churchill
• World War II
• military invasion
• Nazi Germany

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nazi Germany

Places: Britain, France

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