{"id":91402,"date":"2025-01-02T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=91402"},"modified":"2024-09-07T23:21:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T03:21:39","slug":"why-germany-lost-the-battle-of-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/01\/02\/why-germany-lost-the-battle-of-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Germany Lost the Battle of Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Zbke_Saqds?si=Uc3b3cIs1uZ0Y3MC\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 2 Aug 2024<\/p>\n<p>Summer 1940. The United Kingdom is gripped by the fear of a German invasion. Even if the <em>Luftwaffe<\/em> secures the sky over Britain, could Germany&#8217;s Operation Sea Lion ever really work?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nJim Frame, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. 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(ed.), <em>Hitler&#8217;s War Directives, 1939-1945<\/em>, (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1964)<br \/>\nWehner, Jens, <em>&#8220;Technik k\u00f6nnen Sie von der Taktik nicht trennen&#8221;: Die Jagdflieger der Wehrmacht<\/em>, (Campus Verlag: Frankfurt am Main, 2022)<br \/>\nWragg, David, <em>Operation Sealion: Hitler&#8217;s Invasion Plan for Britain<\/em>, (Barnsley: Pen &#038; Sword Military, 2017)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Philipp Appelt<br \/>\nMotion Design: Philipp Appelt<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published 2 Aug 2024 Summer 1940. 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