We March Against England cover art

We March Against England

Operation Sea Lion, 1940–41

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options

We March Against England

By: Robert Forczyk
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Try for £0.00

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £14.75

Buy Now for £14.75

Summary

In May 1940, Nazi Germany was master of continental Europe. The only European power still standing was Great Britain - and the all-conquering German armed forces stood poised to cross the Channel. Following the destruction of the RAF fighter forces, the sweeping of the Channel of mines, and the wearing down of the Royal Naval defenders, two German army groups were set to storm the beaches of southern England. Despite near-constant British fears from August to October, the invasion never took place after first being postponed to spring 1941 before finally being abandoned entirely.

Robert Forczyk, author of Where the Iron Crosses Grow, looks beyond the traditional British account of Operation Sea Lion, complete with plucky Home Guards and courageous Spitfire pilots, at the real scale of German ambition, plans, and capabilities. He examines, in depth, how Operation Sea Lion fitted in with German air-sea actions around the British Isles as he shows exactly what stopped Hitler from invading Britain.

©2016 Robert Forczyk (P)2016 Tantor Europe Germany Great Britain Military England War Armed Force Royalty Imperialism Royal Navy Air Force Submarine United Kingdom British Empire Interwar Period
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c
All stars
Most relevant
over exaggerated and incorrect pronunciations spoilt what is essentially a good book. very poor performance by the narrator. England and America really do speak different languages.

ooops

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Well researched and brings the facts to the table; some a little uncomfortable. He presents the period as it was then with a fresh review, I found the closing remarks highly relevant to how much different the UK future might have been.

Food for thought

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Whilst the book has a lot of great detail and information I do feel the Anti British and Anti Churchill vibe going on and WHY oh WHY do they pick American narrators who can not pronounce English names of Places ( where actually IS “Slew” / Slough ? ) County Regt names and even simple names and words ( it’s “ aluMINIUM “ for cry out loud ) Somewhat ruined my experience with his jarring voice .

Great Details .. BUT

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
i listened to this book with a horrified fascination - the pronunciation of most German terms is exaggerated beyond belief - whilst some English place names are a kind of word salad - the town of 'Slough' rendered as 'Slew'. I finally figured that the pronunciation of the most used termed ' 'Seelowe', had for some reason been re-recorded later, then dropped back into the narrative, which is why the inflection is almost consistently wrong. I love the Audible service - it's now time they did a little quality control on the readings....

content OK - narration bad to the point of comedy

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This author is writing about another WW2, one that exists in his mind. The reader wanting to learn more about Operation Sealion will find much deeper scholarship elsewhere

Another war

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews