Operation Sealion

noun

1. the codename for Hitler's proposed invasion (1940) of Great Britain

Example Sentences

Siedentopf first became interested in the story of Operation Sealion – the German plot to invade Britain – while researching a book on the role of female spies during the war.

From The Guardian

He feared not only that Operation Sealion was badly planned and would come at a considerable human and material cost to Germany, but also that an attack on England would escalate the conflict into a proper world war – an objective that even its most inept spies could not achieve.

From The Guardian

In Operation Sealion: Resistance inside the Secret Service, the historian Monika Siedentopf argues that the botched spying mission was not the result of German incompetence, but a deliberate act of sabotage by a cadre of intelligence officials opposed to Hitler's plans.

From The Guardian