German Amphibious Operations of the World Wars

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Published on June 17, 2024 1:55:46 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQcp2bcUGYc

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The amphibious operations carried out or planned during World War 1 and World War 2 by the German armed forces. These are listed and discussed in the context of criticisms of the planned invasion of Britain, Operation Sealion. For each operation, you can see what size they were, how they were organised, how long there was for its preparations, whether there was air or sea superiority, the strength of the defences, and more. For the latter part of the Second World War, most of these operations were evacuations and many were on the same scale as the Dunkirk evacuation and just as successful. The video shows that in World War 2, the Germans were able to mount many successful amphibious operations in the face of allied naval superiority when the Axis forces had air superiority. They did these operations without having a joint comand structure and without years of planning. They also succeeded without having specialist craft built for the purpose, at least initailly. After the cancellation of Operation Sealion, the Germans made use of their new found amphibious capabilities in ways that prolonged the war.