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Episode 221, The Battle About Britain Part 5, A Simple River Crossing.

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slash members. After the fall of France, the decision had been made by the German leaders

to begin preparations for an invasion of Britain. Such a major operation would require a major

planning effort from all of the branches of the Vermecht, and almost more importantly,

it would require a level of cooperation between the Kriegsmarine and the Heer Vermecht, and almost more importantly, it would require a level of cooperation

between the Kriegsmarine and the Heer, the Navy, and the Army, that up to that point in the

war had not really been required. This would result in a series of disagreements throughout

July and August 1940 that would occupy meeting after meeting and planning session after planning

session.

The core of the problem was that the two branches approached the operation from very different directions.

The army's approach was to determine how many men and how much equipment needed to be on the beaches in the first days,

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