'Operation Sealion' - The German Invasion of England - TWiE The First Blitzkrieg

The English Channel - 24th September 1940: OPERATION SEALION was the German plan to invade England in 1940. Earlier that summer, the Germans had swept through Europe, crushing France and the Low Countries and forcing the British Army to make a chaotic escape from Dunkirk. These German forces stood waiting on the Channel coast for the invasion order of England. By mid-September, the plan was in motion. OPERATION EAGLE was the Luftwaffe plan to systematically destroy RAF bases and ground support and gain air superiority prior to the invasion. The German High Command had also been busy refining "Sealion". This was done with such precision and thoroughness they were ready, after barely three months, to invade. Due to the bravery of the RAF, OPERATION EAGLE failed and OPERATION SEALION was never put the plan into action. What if OPERATION EAGLE was successful and OPERATION SEALION was launched in September of 1940?