There is a large body of fiction set in an
alternate history or a secret history, where the
Operation Sea Lion, a
German plan to invade
Britain during
World War II, is attempted or successfully carried out. However, analyses by experts during a
wargame conducted in 1974 concluded that there was little chance of the plan succeeding.
If Hitler had invaded England, a short story by
C. S. Forester in his 1971 volume of short stories Gold from Crete, following the progress of a German invasion fleet from its embarkation in
France to its destruction in the fields of
Kent.
The Thursday Next novels by
Jasper Fforde are set in an alternate universe in which Operation Sea Lion was successful. The German occupying force is eventually driven out, and by the time of The Eyre Affair England is a republic.
Invading England, a novel by Harry Bold from 2019, describes a successful Invasion of England with strictly the means available to the antagonists in July 1940.
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010) , nazis invade Great Britain by drilling under the English Channel and up through the cobblestones on Whitehall, London.
LOLA (2022), an alternate future in which a second German landing attempt succeeds in 1941.
Resistance (2011), a film about a group of rural Welsh partisans opposing the occupation of Great Britain.
Went the Day Well? (1942) is centred on a German radar-jamming mission for Sea Lion being eventually repulsed by the efforts of the civilian population of a remote village.
Television
An Englishman's Castle (1978) is a British series set in an alternate history 1970s, in which
Germany won World War II and occupies England. The protagonist Peter Ingram is a writer for a soap opera (also called An Englishman's Castle), which is set in London during
The Blitz and subsequent German occupation.[1]
SS-GB (2017), a five-part adaption of the Deighton novel.
Video games
Axis & Allies (2004), while playing as the Axis powers in campaign mode (which has the Axis powers winning the war), Operation Sea Lion is the mission following the failed invasion of Normandy.
Battle Academy: Operation Sealion (2012), a
DLC campaign for a turn-based strategy game.
Empire Earth (2001), the last mission of the German campaign is to carry out Operation Sea Lion.
Hearts of Iron IV (2016), as an achievement for occupying the whole of Great Britain.
There is a large body of fiction set in an
alternate history or a secret history, where the
Operation Sea Lion, a
German plan to invade
Britain during
World War II, is attempted or successfully carried out. However, analyses by experts during a
wargame conducted in 1974 concluded that there was little chance of the plan succeeding.
If Hitler had invaded England, a short story by
C. S. Forester in his 1971 volume of short stories Gold from Crete, following the progress of a German invasion fleet from its embarkation in
France to its destruction in the fields of
Kent.
The Thursday Next novels by
Jasper Fforde are set in an alternate universe in which Operation Sea Lion was successful. The German occupying force is eventually driven out, and by the time of The Eyre Affair England is a republic.
Invading England, a novel by Harry Bold from 2019, describes a successful Invasion of England with strictly the means available to the antagonists in July 1940.
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010) , nazis invade Great Britain by drilling under the English Channel and up through the cobblestones on Whitehall, London.
LOLA (2022), an alternate future in which a second German landing attempt succeeds in 1941.
Resistance (2011), a film about a group of rural Welsh partisans opposing the occupation of Great Britain.
Went the Day Well? (1942) is centred on a German radar-jamming mission for Sea Lion being eventually repulsed by the efforts of the civilian population of a remote village.
Television
An Englishman's Castle (1978) is a British series set in an alternate history 1970s, in which
Germany won World War II and occupies England. The protagonist Peter Ingram is a writer for a soap opera (also called An Englishman's Castle), which is set in London during
The Blitz and subsequent German occupation.[1]
SS-GB (2017), a five-part adaption of the Deighton novel.
Video games
Axis & Allies (2004), while playing as the Axis powers in campaign mode (which has the Axis powers winning the war), Operation Sea Lion is the mission following the failed invasion of Normandy.
Battle Academy: Operation Sealion (2012), a
DLC campaign for a turn-based strategy game.
Empire Earth (2001), the last mission of the German campaign is to carry out Operation Sea Lion.
Hearts of Iron IV (2016), as an achievement for occupying the whole of Great Britain.