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Sea Lion: Why not just invade the UK in 1940? (2017x76)

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Quite often people remark Hitler should just have finished off the UK before attacking the Soviet Union. Well, there are many problems with that assumption. »» GET OUR BOOK: Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 German/English - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistoryvisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/militaryhistoryvisualized » SOURCES « Lavery, Brian: We shall fight on the Beaches. Defying Napoleon & Hitler: 1805 and 1940 Ferris, John; Mawdsely, Evan: The war in the West, 1939-1940 – The Battle of Britain? In: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume I. p. 315-330 Germany and the Second World War. Volume II. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Band 2. Germany and the Second World War. Volume VII - The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia, 1943-1944 Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 7: Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive. Strategischer Luftkrieg in Europa, Krieg im Westen und in Ostasien 1943-1944/1945 Alexander, Joseph: Storm Landings. Naval Institute Press Penrose, Jane: The D-Day Companion. Quarrie, Bruce: German Airborne Divisions. Blitzkrieg 1940-41 Overy, Richard: Battle of Britain: Myth & Reality Maier, Klaus A.: Die Luftschlacht über England in: Michalka, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Der Zweite Weltkrieg Lt Col Randy McCanne, USAF; LTC Greg D. Olson, USA; CDR Dario E. Teicher, USN: OPERATION SEA LION: A JOINT CRITICAL ANALYSIS Faulkner, Marcus: The Kriegsmarine and the Aircraft Carrier: The Design and Operational Purpos