Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction ix
Maps xi
Chapter 1 The Unstoppable Hun 1
Chapter 2 After Dunkirk 21
Chapter 3 Lessons of Invasions Past 29
Chapter 4 The Germans Prepare Their Plans 41
Chapter 5 The Battle of Britain 63
Chapter 6 The State of the Navies in 1940 79
Chapter 7 Woe to the Conquered - German Occupation in The East 91
Chapter 8 Woe to the Conquered - German Occupation in The West 107
Chapter 9 The Lessons of Crete 135
Chapter 10 Barbarossa and Deliverance 141
Chapter 11 What Would German Occupation Have Meant? 167
Chapter 12 The Lessons of Normandy 175
Chapter 13 Was a Negotiated Peace an Option? 199
Chapter 14 Could The Germans Have Invaded? 203
Appendix A The Invasion Barges 209
Appendix B Specialised Equipment 213
Appendix C New Equipment 217
Glossary 219
Bibliography 225
Endnotes 227
Index 231