Battle of Britain
Potential Question: How was Britain able to defeat Germany in the Battle of Britain and was the victory a significant turning point in World War II?
I am working on a study of the Battle of Britain in order to comprehend how Britain was able to defeat Germany, and the impacts of their decisive victory. One of the reason why the Battle of Britain is important is because it was the first battle between only air power. This conflict was to be decided between the Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force. Because of that fact, I find this topic to be extremely interesting. The Battle of Britain was a turning point in World War II, which I will attempt to prove in this paper, and it was fought between two of the most powerful air forces
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I have begun my research and have found some good articles and websites, but I still hope to find a few general histories of the Battle of Britain and maybe even World War II. One of the articles I have found deals with the will of the English people and how their determinism helped Britain win the battle. This article will be beneficial in helping me portray the profound impact the citizens had on the battle. I also found another article that focuses on Churchill and his impact on the Battle of Britain and the citizens in general with his speeches. This will help me show the importance of key leaders and the influence they had. And the last article that I current possess deals with how the Luftwaffe actually lost the battle. This will be very important in my second body paragraph that deals with how Britain was actually able to win. Another set of sources I am excited to use are pictures, combat records, and videos from the National Archives. I plan on incorporating these into my paper to provide quantitative information.
Battle of Britain Outline
1. Introduction
a. What is the Battle of Britain?
b. Why is it important?
c. Identify what I will be focusing on.
2. Body Paragraph One
a. Discuss the policies, behaviors, and attitudes of Britain from 1918 through the 1940s.
i. Royal Air Force ii. Behaviors/actions of key leaders such as Winston Churchill and Hugh Dowding. iii. Attitudes/behaviors of the citizens
In the summer and fall of 1940, the first major air battle of history took place after the Fall of France in World War 2. The British fought to defend their skies against the force of the Germans. The Battle of Britain also marked the first major defeat of Hitler's military forces during the war, with air superiority seen as the key to victory.
This battle is important to World War II because it was the first war to be fought almost completely out of aircraft. “Recent research indicates that Hitler’s heart was not in an attack on Britain but that he wanted to so concentrate his country’s strength on an attack on communist Russia” (“History Learning Site-Battle of Britain”). The Battle of Britain still effects us to this day.
Explain how different American and British choices during the war might have changed its outcome.
After Germany conquered France’s 800,000 man army, they could go after the British. The germans had and issue going after Great Britain, Great Britain’s Army had a great defense system. When Adolf Hitler planned to send a fleet of fighter planes to Britain, the British found out and had a plan to stop them. Great Britain’s plan was to be prepared to fight in the sky. So when the German Luftwaffe came to attack the British Royal Air Force was already there to fight them. It was a struggle for both sides for many months and was the first major battle fought completely in the air. Adolf Hitler’s plan was to win air superiority over Southern Britain by destroying the British Air Force and aircraft industry. (The
Britain’s air force was a vital part of their military and defence when Hitler attempted to gain air superiority over England through the German Luftwaffe which was led by Hermann Göering. The radar system used to detect aerial attack in Britain was flawed in the beginning of the war and there was a shortage of anti-air craft guns. Radar could not predict the size and height of incoming enemy bombers and lacked detail that was necessary and vital for effective defence preparations. At the start of the Blitz, there were only 92 anti-air craft guns to defend London and the guns were outdated with a terrible fire control system.
The Battle of Britain as a Turning Point in the Defeat of German in World War Two
The significance of the bombing has to be considered in relation to its cost. It took up 7% of Britain’s war effort; 120,000 American and British airmen died; and 21,000 bombers were lost. Some argue that the money should have been spent on developing and building better surface ships and tanks and that, as the British Naval blockade had suffocated Germany of much needed resources, its defeat was inevitable
The Battle of Britain, also called “Britain's Finest Hour”, was one of the most influential moments in all of World War II. The powerful Nazis had twice as many planes as the RAF (Royal Air Force), yet the British held them off, and in the end succeeded in gaining the first win against the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). This couldn’t have been accomplished without the brave British pilots, who would do anything to protect their country.
reigning as the British Prime Minister, the Battle of France had just ended and a year
Why Britain Won the Battle of Britain After taking France in addition to his list of captured countries on mainland Europe, Adolf Hitler set his sights on Britain. After the success of Blitzkrieg, the evacuation of Dunkirk and the surrender of France, Britain was by herself. However, before Hitler could contemplate undertaking an invasion he was advised by his generals that Germany had to destroy the Fighter Command of the Royal Air Force in order to gain superiority in the air. This would in turn enable him to gain control of the English Channel in order to transfer the 160,000 German troops on the 2000 invasion barges, which had been assembled in German, French and Belgian harbors, over the
One of the most significant encounters of World War II was the Battle of Normandy (the first day of which is commonly referred to as D-Day). Nearly three million soldiers were deployed for the invasion. Those deployed consisted mainly of American and British soldiers, however Canadian, French, Polish, Belgian, and Czech forces were represented as well (Jensen). The battle was fought in an effort to gain European ground and to reduce the German potential for overrunning Russia (Lucas). The Battle of Normandy was significant in that it was the turning point of World War II, incurred heavy casualties on each side, and was the greatest amphibious landing in history (Cohen).
Despite its acclaim as a victory for the British Public it is regarded widely amongst historians as a decisive German victory the loss of men, munitions and vehicles was still greatly affecting Britain in the North Africa campaign some two years later.
Due to Great Britain 's leadership, army, and revolutionary inventions, it was the most important country of the allied powers victory during WWII
During the Battle of Britain, Germany wanted to achieve air superiority but ultimately failed to defeat the Royal Air Force (RAF). Hitler ordered the Lufwaffe to destroy the RAF in preparation for Operation Sealion which was Germany’s invasion plan for Britain. Although numerous factors contributed to Hitler’s decision to attack Britain, in keeping with his “one front at a time” war methodology, Hitler wanted to secure the Western Front prior to invading the Soviet Union. Initially, directed by Hermann Goering (commander-in-chief of the Lufwaffe) Germany targeted Britain’s coastal areas and convoys, airports, and vital British air warning and radar
At the end the British had won this battle even though the Germans had more plans but the British were cleverer and could win this battle easily.