Operation South Coast: Germany's Plans for the Invasion of Britain Revealed in Rare Nazi Book Not Seen for 70 Years
446-page Nazi war dossier details Hitler's planned 'Operation Sealion'. Photograph: Mail Online
MAIL ONLINE: With obscure technical diagrams and notes scrawled over its pages of faded colour maps, this book might appear as nothing more than an uninspiring aerial survey.

But these pictures are taken from Adolf Hitler's original war dossier of the planned Nazi invasion of Britain.

Unveiled for the first time 70 years to the day of Hitler's planned onslaught on England's south coast, the blueprints offer a chilling insight into what might have been on the morning of September 15, 1940.

The booklet pinpoints the quaint English coastal towns in the path of the Nazi ground assault, which could have been a grim reality had the RAF not performed so valiantly against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.

The invaders' guide book also eerily shows how postcards identifying unmistakable landmarks such as Brighton Pier and Land's End were given to Nazi troops to identify their targets in preparation for their blitz of the British Isles. Read on and comment >>> Daily Mail Reporter | Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The Astonishing Demands of Poland
TIMESONLINE: Desperate attempts to forge a deal on the future of Europe were overshadowed last night by an astonishing demand for the voting system to reflect Polish population losses caused by the Nazi invasion in 1939.

Polish leaders said the proposed EU voting formula, based on population, disadvantaged their country because it had still to recover from the millions lost during the Second World War.

The latest intervention from Poland, regarded with Britain as the main obstacle to a deal tonight in Brussels, was regarded as a move to add to pressure on Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, who is anxious to crown her country’s presidency of the EU with an agreement she can sell at home. Poles demand more EU votes to compensate for war deaths (more) By Philip Webster and David Charter in Brussels

SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL:
Poland Rejects Compromise Proposal By Severin Weiland

LE FIGARO:
Grand marchandage autour du "traité réformateur" européen Par Alexandrine Bouilhet

Mark Alexander