Battle of Britain

Air war: Battle 1: Britian They then concentrated on destroying the RAF, before turning their attention to the destruction of London A key event in the Battle of Britain (known as Battle of Britain Day) took place on 15th September 1940. The Battle of Britain is about to begin.” The first German bombing raids took place on 10th July 1940. On this day, Germany launched a massive assault on London and filled the skies with a large number of bombers and fighter planes. Although exact figures are hard to come by, it is thought that about 1000 RAF planes were shot down in the Battle of Britain. Battle 2: Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge It had been 4 ½ years since France had fallen; almost 3 since the U.S. had been dragged in; and almost 6 months since D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France, the biggest invasion in human history and the supposed 'beginning of the end' for Hitler's 'Fortress Europe.' But then, in December, the German army--which was supposed to be as good as defeated--roared back to life, launching one of the largest offensives of the entire war against the overextended U.S. and British forces.…

On July 10, 1940, the German forces planned a Blitzkrieg attack on the British forces. This attack led to a very important battle called The Battle of Britain. This battle is so important because it was the first time an Allied force defeated Hitler’s army. Despite all of the civilian deaths and damage caused to Britain, the German attacks did more to strengthen the British war effort than it did to destroy it. This is because the Blitz following the battle unified the people of Britain. It also…

Battle of Britain An air battle with German and British air forces took place in Britain, from July 10 to October 31. In 1940, the battle started in August 30-31. The Germans had an upper hand over the British, they had seized airfields in Belgium, France, and Netherlands. There was to believe the battle was divided into four phases but actually there were five phases. The first phase of the German’s aerial assault on Britain was to concentrate on convoys sailing on the English Channel. The…

Germany falls in the Battle of Britain! After not being able to claim superiority in the sky over Britain, Germany falls back in retreat on October 31, 1940. There are many questions asked by different people like. What was the Battle of Britain? Who won the battle? How was this battle won? And, Why was this victory important to WWII? Well, I hope to answer all the criteria of these questions. What was the Battle of Britain? Well first let's define what a battle is. A battle is usually a fight…

With the fall of France on 22 June 1940, came the shifting of Germany’s attention to the coast of the United Kingdom. Hitler’s strategic goals for the region were dependent on the defeat of Great Britain, the last remaining ally remaining to fight off the Nazi advance through Europe. With this goal came the revision of Great Britain’s strategy in the war, it was simply to survive. While Germany began its raid of the United Kingdom through the air, the British people took to the skies to defend…

June 17th 1940, the defeated French signed an armistice and quit World War II. Hitler then turned his attention to Britain and started making an invasion plan called “Operation Sea Lion.” The plan was to get control of the air because if they had control of the air, then they would have control of the English Channel. The Germans needed to control the English Channel so that the British Navy would not be able to attack their invasion barges which were planning on landing at the Kent and Sussex…

did not extend beyond the Battle of Britain leading to Germanys downfall as the other powers aligned to help Britain push…

Although Göring tried to claim these were of the same importance as the airfields, according to the British “these could in no case be described as military importance”. He also used the same tactics of destroying residential areas “in Portland, Dover and Manston, all of which were heavily attacked.”, also “there was fierce fighting over the North Foreland, Gravesend and Deal” as the airfields in those areas were being bombed as well. This shows the Göring knew that he would not be able to win…

On August 15, the crisis of the battle of Britain was reached. All the resources of Fighter Command in the South were used. The most difficult, and dangerous period of the Battle of Britain was between August 24 and September 6, when the German attack was directed against the R.A.F airfields in the South of England with considerable success. There was an intense public interest in the air battles above and in sight of the British public that summer but Churchill emphasized that the sacrifice…

19 Squadron in the beginning of 1940 at Duxford. A few months after he was promoted to squadron leader and given command of No.242 Squadron at Coltishall. Unfortunately his squadron had suffered from many casualties in the Battle of France. Douglas then concentrated on working on the teams flying, teamwork and confidence. As a result of this, his squadron destroyed 12 enemy aircrafts, eventually at the end of the year they had taken down 67 enemy aircraft with only losing 5 of their pilots.…