France's Defeat

On the 6th of June 1944, Operation Overlord began to free France from the Nazi German army. The invasion and liberation of France from Nazi Germany was a pivotal battle in the Second World War. This stems primarily from the extensive use of the Field Artillery throughout the battle. Many of the tactics and equipment used during the largest amphibious assault in history, are directly related to the current American artillery arsenal and how the United States uses that weaponry on the battlefield today.

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 At the start of the Blitz, there were only 92 anti-air craft guns to defend London and the guns were outdated with a terrible fire control system.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 RAF, however, had a slight advantage over the Luftwaffe. The British knew that the Nazis intended to attack at multiple air bases and coastline along the English Channel. Because of this, Winston Churchill, Britain’s prime minister at the time, created a very complicated defense system in case the RAF failed.

Churchill then created the Moscow Declaration which kept the US, UK, USSR, and China from allying themselves with Nazi Germany. Then in July, two Jewish escapees went to Churchill and explained the concentration camps to him and the true fighting back from Britain began (Bbc.co.uk, 2017 par. 4). British citizens were saviors during the war because they truly felt bad for the victims of the Holocaust and proved it with their well planned and effective attacks on the Axis powers. Although the British had their fair share of wins, after the war Britain was no longer seen as the great superpower it was and was replaced by the USA on the world radar.

Nazi’s had occupied France at the time and had taken control. France was part of the allied forces and was under attack by the Nazi’s. As part of the Allied Powers America, Canada, and Great Britain came to the rescue. Dwight Eisenhower was the leader behind this invasion. In December 1943, Eisenhower was put in charge of Operation Overlord – the long waited for attack on mainland Europe. Such an attack would require detailed and meticulous planning which is why Eisenhower was picked to lead this plan by the combined chief of staffs. In excerpts from General Eisenhower’s document the Order of The Day which he gave to the soldiers on D-Day he states In company with our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. / But this is the year 1944!/The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to victory! I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!(Eisenhower 1944). General Eisenhower explains that the allies should come together, and they will bring forth destruction upon the Germans. He also states that in the document they will force the Nazi’s out of Europe and France will be freed. Eisenhower

The Battle of Britain was a major campaign during World War II, in which aircraft played an important role. The policy towards Germany's aggressive acts before the war had been one of pacification. Unfortunately, this left the Western powers with a deficient military and unprepared for war when it began. The Germans swept through Europe. They defeated Poland in September 1939 to start World War II.

This as well, ought to have been (in the German minds) a simple triumph. The war turned into a matter of whittling down VS land in light of the fact that the soldiers of all sides were so well delved in. Add to this, the brain set of the military pioneers. They attempted frantically to clutch the times of the stallion mounted calvary charge and the pike, yet the beginning of the Tank and the Airplane had arrived. Also, while neither of those new weapons played a lot of an essential part in the result of the war, it constrained change upon those military pioneers. In the first Battle of the Somme, they spent the poop of the Germans for well more than 24 hours and afterward, accepting they'd "relaxed them up," blew their shrieks and got the basic infantrymen out of their trenches and walked them (in slick segments) into the holding up German automatic rifle discharge. In the principal hour of fight, more than 200,000 men passed on. Those that declined to attempt to progress or the individuals who endured "shell stun" were summarily shot. The Brit.s shot by and large, five a day for "weakness." The lines of the front line moved in inches not

The Luftwaffe’s attacks were one-hundred percent focused on their military supplies, but it all changed when the Royal Air Force launched a retaliatory attack on Berlin, Germany. This retaliatory attack angered Hitler to the point that he dropped the progress made on the British air bases and changed his targets of attack to the British cities. These bombings on the British cities later became known as the London blitz(http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/blitz.htm) and the biggest city by far that was targeted was London herself. As the weeks went on, London sustained more and more bombings, of course, the citizens of the British cities suffered tremendously, being quite powerless. Though this kept taking its toll on Great Britain’s citizens the Royal Air Force had the tension of the attacks on their bases relieved and began its recovery. The Royal Air Force had time to repair the airfields that were out of commission and severely damaged. With these repairs completed on the air bases, the Royal Air Force was more than ready for the next German attack. The attack fleet came soon enough and they came with around one hundred and twenty planes. The biggest attack in the Battle of Britain so far. The Germans obviously wanted the city of London in ruins with an attack force like that, and if they did take out the rest of london that would surely

During WWII, on September 4, 1940, Hitler, being infuriated by RAF’s bombing of German cities, promised to demolish the British government and the spirits of its citizens. After an initial attack on September 5th, the bombing of London truly began on September 7. Nearly one thousand German aircraft, including over three hundred bombers alongside six hundred fighters, made their way across the English Channel, later resulting in a hefty dogfight between German and English air forces targeting English cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol, and Southampton. After German forces began to specifically target civilians and residential areas, Fighter Command had a new outlook on the war. They were now fighting to protect

The Battle of Britain By June 1940, France had surrendered to Germany and Britain had rescued approximately 330,000 men from the beaches of Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone with its empire against Germany. Hitler believed that Britain had to be defeated before he could turn his attention to the USSR and so in the invasion of Britain codenamed Operation Sealion, two German armies (totalling 100,000 men) would be transported across the English Channel. However this crossing could be blocked by the Royal Navy, which was protected by the RAF.

The Allies also desperately desired a protected place to send in men and materials. France was the perfect place. After that the Allies would swipe back Europe (Martin 7). The Allies thought of a gutsy plan to creep into France. The plan was called Operation Overlord. For the beginning of the attack the Allied powers thought to raid five beaches in France. In order for the plan to work the Allies had to get the timing exactly right (Martin 9). Hitler accepted to invade Europe. Hitler originally had the thought that France would penetrate the city of calais. Hitler sent countless soldiers to Calis. The allied powers had to use undercover agents to provide Hitler with the incorrect knowledge (Martin 10). The allies had even more gimmicks in England,the allies made it look like there were tanks by putting up fake boats and balloons. They also equipped lights in a open field. Pilots in Germany mistaken this for army camps (Martin 11).

After receiving reinforcements they managed to liberate almost all of France. In all, about 501,200 people lost their lives in the events that the operation had been apart of. The goal had been to liberate France and push Germany into a corner and by that you could say that it was a massive success, however the number of people injured or killed was massively high. I believe that if the operation hadn’t been a success, one could only speculate what damage could’ve been done if Germany held on to

Hitler’s Nazi empire spanned across all of Europe from the beginning of World War Two. Hitler’s rise to power was spoiled by the mistakes he made during the war. Being overconfident, he allowed the Allied soldiers in Dunkirk escape from his grasp. He also declared war on the United States. Then, Hitler refused to conduct a tactical retreat from Stalingrad.

A problem would be that on the coast if the attacks many would be shot down on the ocean making ejection would be hard but survivable, but being shot down in aircraft down in the ocean is when many casualties were in line. The Germans and British were going strong and as the Germans were at a turning point Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill gave a famous speech on rallying troops and people along with good decisions and a good and sure spirit towards the battle and war in overall lead Britain to victory. As Germany retreats and Hitler enraged as he faces his first defeat, the British try to clean up and protect their land and homes. Britain captured over 900 Nazis, over 700 wounded, killed over 2500, and destroyed over just under 2000 of germany's planes. On the other hand Germany killed under 600 British men, wounded just over 400, and destroyed just over 1600 german planes. The defeat of Germany became a loss in resources and men to the Nazis and became the last time Hitler attacked the British soil during World War

Beyond question, the evacuation at Dunkirk was the culmination of a major military disaster for the British military, one of the worst it ever suffered in its history. Churchill also stated as much on June 4, 1940, when he told the House of Commons that the defeat in France had been a "colossal military disaster" (Source G). Only the fall of Singapore to the Japanese was a comparable to the military disaster Britain suffered in France in 1940, and Churchill was well-aware of this. Nevertheless, it did not affect his determination to continue the war and to do whatever was necessary to maintain the morale of the British military and civilian population. At Dunkirk, the army had left behind all its tanks, vehicles and heavy weapons, while the Royal Air Force (RAF) had suffered heavy losses in France and in its efforts to protect the evacuation beaches. British losses would have been even greater had bad weather not hampered the Germans or had Hitler unleashed the Panzers as his generals wanted. About the only victory Britain won was on the propaganda side, by playing up the efforts of the small boats coming to the rescue even though they played a relatively minor role and by affirming that the morale of the army and the public had not been broken.