Ladies and gentlemen? In all its glory, here lies the new timeline I had planned to reach from Operation: Sea Lion to the present-day. Welcome to "They Fought on the Beaches"!
NOTE: This is my first timeline outside To The Planets Beyond, so wish me luck, boys and girls!
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"As history shows, no army is invincible, and this was proven correct once again on the 4th of September of 1940, when Nazi Germany executed Operation: Sea Lion to invade Britain following the near-defeat of the RAF. However, when it was executed, the Nazis forgot to account for one thing: Britain still had a much bigger Navy, and that Navy eventually led to disaster." - Hitler's Mistake: A History of Operation: Sea Lion; Chapter 2: Why it Failed.
"It all started on the 4th of September that day when the paratroopers began dropping into Brighton and Dover in the middle of night. Upon the spotting of the paratroopers, Britain realised it was under attack, and at around 21:00 hours London time, British Army divisions were deployed to Brighton and Dover. XII Corps Divisions were sent to deal with the assault on Dover, whereas the V Corps was sent in to deal with the units in Brighton. Lt. General Montgomery proved his success in Brighton, as the entire paratrooper force was wiped out. Lt. General Thorne was less fortunate in the First Battle of Dover and was unable to prevent it from falling. However, in the process, the paratroopers took heavy casualties, and from there, the XIII. and VII. Armee-Korps of the German 16. Armee began to land on Dover. The 9. Armee's XXXVIII. Armee-Korps could not reach its respective landing sites, instead being forced to land on Dover's beachhead. On day three, the first wave began pushing towards London, when the second wave was deployed. The V. Armee-Korps and the XXXI. Armee-Korps' 8. and 10. Panzer-Division were the only ones in the second wave to make it across the channel as the Royal Navy began to blockade the Germans under Admiral Sir Charles Forbes, who made it clear that if the third wave was getting across, they were going to at the bottom of the seas." - Operation: Sea Lion: An Overview; Chapter 3: Opening Phases
"As German troops began to push towards London, they began to secure towns across Kent County, such as Folkestone, and Ashford, while on the 6th day of the invasion, Canterbury was in a state of siege by the Germans as British Army troops attempted to defend the city. However, the advance began to slow down near Chatham, as Britain began to prepare for a counterattack, and the British Army began using delay tactics to inflict heavy losses on German troops. Between the 8th and 11th days of the invasion, the Battle of Rochester sent the Germans into retreat, while the Siege of Canterbury was broken. Over the course of a few days, British Army forces began to regain territory and push to retake Dover, all while the Royal Navy blockaded the English Channel." - Operation: Sea Lion: An Overview; Chapter 4: The Push to Rochester
"Meanwhile, in the English Channel, the Second Wave that was supposed to reach Britain was mostly sunk, and Hitler ordered the deployment of the third wave on the 14th of September, as soon as the Battle of Rochester began to become an apparent defeat for the Reich. Hitler ordered Admiral Raeder to divert as many U-Boats as he could to overwhelm the Royal Navy and deploy any surface ships to engage the Home Fleet, while escorting the third wave to Dover. Unfortunately for Hitler, this would prove to be fatal, and after losing 60% of the Reich's U-Boat forces and a majority of the third wave in the process, Hitler was forced to call off Sea Lion on the 13th day. By then, though, the surviving troops sent to Britain were already trapped." - Operation: Sea Lion: An Overview; Chapter 5: Fatal Mistake
"As the British Army troops liberated Dover, Operation: Sea Lion ended in a complete disaster for the Reich, not just militarily, but politically. This would have severe ramifications for the remainder of the Second World War, not just in the short-term, but in the long term. Admiral Raeder was executed and replaced by Admiral Karl Dönitz. Göring was sacked and replaced by Heinrich Himmler as Reichsmarschall, along with the surviving officers from the Third Wave of Sea Lion. In the end, the failure of Sea Lion only one of many. And things were about to get worse for the German Reich" - Operation: Sea Lion: An Overview; Chapter 7: Aftermath
NOTE: This is my first timeline outside To The Planets Beyond, so wish me luck, boys and girls!
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"As history shows, no army is invincible, and this was proven correct once again on the 4th of September of 1940, when Nazi Germany executed Operation: Sea Lion to invade Britain following the near-defeat of the RAF. However, when it was executed, the Nazis forgot to account for one thing: Britain still had a much bigger Navy, and that Navy eventually led to disaster." - Hitler's Mistake: A History of Operation: Sea Lion; Chapter 2: Why it Failed.
"It all started on the 4th of September that day when the paratroopers began dropping into Brighton and Dover in the middle of night. Upon the spotting of the paratroopers, Britain realised it was under attack, and at around 21:00 hours London time, British Army divisions were deployed to Brighton and Dover. XII Corps Divisions were sent to deal with the assault on Dover, whereas the V Corps was sent in to deal with the units in Brighton. Lt. General Montgomery proved his success in Brighton, as the entire paratrooper force was wiped out. Lt. General Thorne was less fortunate in the First Battle of Dover and was unable to prevent it from falling. However, in the process, the paratroopers took heavy casualties, and from there, the XIII. and VII. Armee-Korps of the German 16. Armee began to land on Dover. The 9. Armee's XXXVIII. Armee-Korps could not reach its respective landing sites, instead being forced to land on Dover's beachhead. On day three, the first wave began pushing towards London, when the second wave was deployed. The V. Armee-Korps and the XXXI. Armee-Korps' 8. and 10. Panzer-Division were the only ones in the second wave to make it across the channel as the Royal Navy began to blockade the Germans under Admiral Sir Charles Forbes, who made it clear that if the third wave was getting across, they were going to at the bottom of the seas." - Operation: Sea Lion: An Overview; Chapter 3: Opening Phases
"As German troops began to push towards London, they began to secure towns across Kent County, such as Folkestone, and Ashford, while on the 6th day of the invasion, Canterbury was in a state of siege by the Germans as British Army troops attempted to defend the city. However, the advance began to slow down near Chatham, as Britain began to prepare for a counterattack, and the British Army began using delay tactics to inflict heavy losses on German troops. Between the 8th and 11th days of the invasion, the Battle of Rochester sent the Germans into retreat, while the Siege of Canterbury was broken. Over the course of a few days, British Army forces began to regain territory and push to retake Dover, all while the Royal Navy blockaded the English Channel." - Operation: Sea Lion: An Overview; Chapter 4: The Push to Rochester
"Meanwhile, in the English Channel, the Second Wave that was supposed to reach Britain was mostly sunk, and Hitler ordered the deployment of the third wave on the 14th of September, as soon as the Battle of Rochester began to become an apparent defeat for the Reich. Hitler ordered Admiral Raeder to divert as many U-Boats as he could to overwhelm the Royal Navy and deploy any surface ships to engage the Home Fleet, while escorting the third wave to Dover. Unfortunately for Hitler, this would prove to be fatal, and after losing 60% of the Reich's U-Boat forces and a majority of the third wave in the process, Hitler was forced to call off Sea Lion on the 13th day. By then, though, the surviving troops sent to Britain were already trapped." - Operation: Sea Lion: An Overview; Chapter 5: Fatal Mistake
"As the British Army troops liberated Dover, Operation: Sea Lion ended in a complete disaster for the Reich, not just militarily, but politically. This would have severe ramifications for the remainder of the Second World War, not just in the short-term, but in the long term. Admiral Raeder was executed and replaced by Admiral Karl Dönitz. Göring was sacked and replaced by Heinrich Himmler as Reichsmarschall, along with the surviving officers from the Third Wave of Sea Lion. In the end, the failure of Sea Lion only one of many. And things were about to get worse for the German Reich" - Operation: Sea Lion: An Overview; Chapter 7: Aftermath
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