Seelöwe: The German Invasion of Britain
Seelöwe: The German Invasion of Britain, 1940 is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1974 that simulates the hypothetical Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation Sea Lion), Hitler's planned 1940 invasion of England during World War II that was never executed. Background Following Germany's rapid conquest of France in Spring 1940 and the emergency evacuation of British forces from Dunkirk, the OKH (the German High Command) studied the possibility of a September invasion of Great Britain, codenamed Operation Sea Lion. In preparation, the Germans gathered landing craft along the coast of Normandy, and attempted to achieve air superiority over the English Channel and southern England. However, a wargame simulation of the invasion created for the OKH predicted a German defeat, and the mounting losses of German aircraft during the Battle of Britain made it clear that air superiority could not be achieved in the short term. By August 1940, plans for Operation Sea Lion had been shelved in favor of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. Description Seelöwe is a two-player board wargame where one player controls German invasion forces, and the other the British defenders. The game posits that both the British Royal Navy and the