Operation Sea Lion (The Proposed German Invasion of England) - Folder 'No.1 The Border', 1942,...
Operation Sea Lion (The Proposed German Invasion of England) - Folder 'No.1 The Border', 1942, containing a photo book of targets (Objektbilder), including Berwick and other road and railway bridges, numerous important railway and road viaducts, the ports of Tynemouth, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Sunderland, Wallsend and South Shields, Newcastle armaments factory, Garew steel works, Spiller's factory Newcastle; a German reprint of the Ordnance Survey map for the area between Berwick and Hartlepool with suitable targets marked; large scale Ordnance Survey town plans of Carlisle, Sunderland, South Shields and three of Newcastle Footnote:- One of twelve, these highly secret documents were originally prepared for Operation Sea Lion, the German Invasion of England, and then later for German agents and saboteurs who would be dropped by parachute or U-boat to destroy important industrial and communication targets all over England; a Bilora Camera Tripod in black enamelled and chromed steel, with telescopic legs, detachable aluminium tilt head and leather case; a Leather Shot Flask, with brass sprung charger (3)