British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War
British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941. The British Army needed to recover from the defeat of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and 1.5 million men were enrolled as part-time soldiers in the Home Guard. The rapid construction of field fortifications transformed much of the United Kingdom, especially southern England, into a prepared battlefield. Sea Lion was never taken beyond the preliminary assembly of forces. Today, little remains of Britain's anti-invasion preparations; only reinforced concrete structures such as pillboxes and anti-tank cubes are commonly found.
Q2012319
military
Concept
Q153341
Operation Sea Lion
EVE
None
German armed forces in 1940 and 1941
UNK
Q222595
British Army
ORG
Q208529
defeat
EVE
Q3277777
British Expeditionary Force
MEDIA
Q919431
Home Guard
MEDIA
Q57821
field fortification
Concept
Q1134643
southern England
LOC
Q92069
pillboxes
Concept
Q3356038
British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War
Concept
1940-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1940
DATE
1941-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1941
DATE
+1.5^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1.5
NUMBER
facet of
military branch