Description:

Little Fritham, somewhere between Folkestone and Rottingdean, England: During the early morning of July 14th, the first wave of a planned 330,000 men hit the beaches at dawn. Operation Sealion has begun! Elements of 9 divisions landed between Folkestone and Rottingdean (near Brighton).

In addition 7th FJ Div landed at Lympne to take the airfield and additional german airborne troops had dropped behind the shoreline stretching from Dover to Hythe in southeastern England, to clear the way for the amphibious landings.

On July 15th the Germans had still not captured a major port, although they started driving for Folkestone. Due to the Lufftwaffe´s inability to gain air superiority shipping unloading on the beaches suffered heavy losses from RAF bombing raids.

On July 16th the german bridgeheads had consolidated and the germans began swarming out to capture deep seawater ports, to inproove their supply situation and to land their second echelon.

Sources:

• [1] Kenneth Macksey 'Invasion - The Alternate History of the German Invasion of Britain, July 1940' 

• [2] Richard Cox 'Sealion'