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020			_a9780330420570 [paperback]
040			_cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aFleming, Peter _d1907-1971 _eauthor.
245			_aOperation Sea Lion : _ban account of the German preparations and the British counter-measures, originally published as invasion 1940 / _cPeter Fleming.
260			_aLondon : _bPan Books, _cc1957.
300			_a333 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ;
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
490			_aPan grand strategy series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical index.
505	0		_aSeconds out of the ring -- A bugbear in eclipse -- The background to the German plan -- Directive n. 16 -- The threat from above and the threat from within -- The mirages of Hitler's mind: (1) capitulation -- John Bull at bay -- The mirages of Hitler's mind: (2) disintegration -- Leadership in the dark hour -- The sea affair -- Margins of error: (1) British intelligence about the Germans -- Margins of error: (2) German intelligence about the British -- Expedients and improvisations -- In the air: the lull -- In the air: the storm -- The legend of German dilettantism -- The sausage machine -- "And if necessary the island will be occupied" -- The eleventh hour -- The reckoning
520			_aIn the summer of 1940 the Germans prepared to launch Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of England. The British, barely recovered from Dunkirk, rallied their defenses. Both sides operated in great secrecy and, because the invasion never took place, the dramatic preparations for what would have been one of the watershed battles of history faded from memory.
521			_aAdult
541			_yGeneral Education _zGeneral Education : History
546			_aEnglish
650			_aOperation Sea Lion.
830			_aPan grand strategy series
942			_2ddc _cBK
998			_cadryann[new] _d12/17/2025
999			_c14720 _d14720