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Planned Nazi invasion of Britain (Operation Sea Lion)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Planned_Nazi_invasion_of_Britain_(Operation_Sea_Lion)
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Operation_Sea_Lion
gptkbp:cancellationDate
failure to achieve air superiority
gptkbp:cause
British resistance
German defeat in the Battle of Britain
inadequate naval resources
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Wilhelm_Keitel
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Erich_Raeder
gptkb:Walther_von_Brauchitsch
Hermann Göring
gptkbp:context
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:dateOfCancellation
17 September 1940
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
boosted British morale
demonstrated importance of air superiority
failure marked first major defeat for Hitler
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Planned Nazi invasion of Britain (Operation Sea Lion)
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:order
gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:plannedAirSupport
Luftwaffe
gptkbp:plannedBy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:plannedForces
gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
Luftwaffe
gptkbp:plannedLandingSite
gptkb:Isle_of_Wight
gptkb:Kent
gptkb:Sussex
gptkb:Dorset
southern England
gptkbp:plannedNavalSupport
barges and transport ships
gptkbp:plannedTroopStrength
over 250,000 soldiers
gptkbp:purpose
invasion of Great Britain
gptkbp:relatedEvent
Battle of Britain
gptkbp:scheduledMonth
1940
gptkbp:significance
major turning point in World War II
gptkbp:status
never executed
gptkbp:target
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Invasion_of_Britain
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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