Planned Nazi invasion of Britain (Operation Sea Lion)

GPTKB entity

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
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	8
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Planned Nazi invasion of Britain (Operation Sea Lion)