The Role Of Luftwaffe In Germany 10, 1940-1940

Many people were baked alive in this raid. About 873 bombers were bombing the German city. Dresden did not have any military or industrial targets that opposing countries would have wanted to destroy; it became known as a terror bombing by the British because it was not a target. The raid caused many unwanted deaths and destroyed a small city. The casualties that occurred in these events would not have happened if it were not for the new and improved aircraft.

However, because of the unreliability of bomber commands performance the Nazis managed to quickly control the situation. They ensured that no photographs or news reports were published from the bomb stricken reports meaning that the rest of Germany could only gather information from stories and tales. On top of this only a small part of Germany was bombed as the allied forces simply did not have the technology to reach the majority of the Reich. That it was relatively easy for the country to regroup, resulting in heavy retaliation and a continuous growth in German production. However, in the last years of the war bombing technology drastically improved and the attacks were relentless. As opposed to less than one quarter of bombs dropping within five miles of the target, each bomb now hit their target and inflicted maximum damage due to new aiming technology. Bombing raids were now performed twenty-four hours a day, in the night by Bomber Command and in the day by the heavily armoured bombers in the American 8th squadron. 1,500 bombers were now available after a huge increase in production speed, each with the

On the night of September 7, 1940 Germany attacked Great Britain. “About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over” (Pyle). They targeted the “gigantic dome of St. Paul's Cathedral”, along with many other populated places. “Flames seemed to whip hundreds of feet into the air” (Pyle). The smoke was so bad they you could barely see the St. Paul's Cathedral (“The Bombing of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, September 7,1940”)“On September 4, the Luftwaffe switched tactics again and, on Hitler's orders, set about destroying London and other major cities” (“BBC History-The Battle Of

London- Since the 7 of September, London and other cities of Great Britain have been bomb by Germany's Luftwaffe.

The Dieppe raid was orchestrated on the northern coast of france on the 19th of August in 1942.

The Battle of Britain started on July 10, 1940. The Luftwaffe (commanded by Hermann Göring) sent off 1350 bombers and 1200 fighter jets to Britain. Most of their pilots were unprepared and not trained sufficiently for battle. Their plan, Operation Sea Lion, was to defeat the British RAF in multiple

Battle of Britain is the name given to the effort by the German air force, run by Luftwaffe to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Battle of Britain was the first major battle to be fought entirely by air forces. It was the largest and most sustained bombing campaign to be attempted, as well as the first real test of vital bombing theories developed since World War I. The failure of Nazi Germany to destroy Britain's air force or to break the spirit of the British government or people is considered the Third Reich's first major defeat. Neither Hitler nor the German Army believed it was possible to carry out an assault on the British Isles until the RAF had been overcome. Secondary ideas were to destroy aircraft production and ground infrastructure, they looked to attack areas of political importance, and to terrorize the British people into wanting to surrender. British historians usually date the battle from 10 July to 31 October 1940, which showed the most intense period of bombing. German historians usually place the beginning of the battle in mid-August 1940 and end it in May 1941. With the royal air force having superior aircraft, and more intelligent technology, the RAF was able to overcome and defeat the German air force.

That means Germany had around one thousand, five hundred men.(http://www.raf.mod.uk/). Since Great Britain was vastly outnumbered by the German Luftwaffe, thousands of citizens with no combat experience would volunteer to command some of the lookout posts and would alert the Royal Air Force when they spotted anything. Though the deed may seem small, those people made a big difference in the result of the battle. Out of the three thousand men in the Royal Air Force, many of the pilots were British there were also a large number of foreign pilots. There were men who came from all over Europe and even places like Australia, Canada, France, Poland, to serve for the Royal Air Force. There were even some pilots from the United States, even though at this point, was still neutral in the war. One of the best foreign pilots was Josef Frantisek, he was a non-British pilot worth noting for his highly developed skills. Frantisek was a Czech pilot who took part with a Polish squadron which was number 303 and entered battle at the peak of the Battle of Britain. He quickly became his squadron’s commander leading it to have the highest amount of kills with

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 D-Day invasion, also known as the Battle of Normandy, was the Allied attack on Western Europe on June 6, 1944. Canadian, British and American forces landed on five separate beachheads along the coast of Normandy, France. Altogether, approximately 178,000 Allied airborne and infantry troops were deployed. This invasion allowed the Allies to move into France and launch a final assault against Germany. Prior extensive preparations were instrumental in the success of the D-Day invasion, premeditating the fall of the Nazi Regime and Allied victory in WWII.

On August 5, 1944, 1171 bombers and over 600 fighters of the 8th Air Force took off from bases in England to bomb enemy targets in Germany. The targets included tank and aircraft factories, as well as oil refineries in the areas of Magdeburg, Brunswick, and Hanover.

The British launched a thousand-plane raid on Cologne in May. In August 1942 they were joined by the American airforce and cascaded bombs on German cities. The Germans drove eastward across North Africa into Egypt. British general Bernard Montgomery delivered an attack at El Alamein, west of Cairo. Here, the enemy was driven back to Tunisia more than a thousand miles away.

After World War 1, Europe was left to rebuild and restabilize, which gave the opportunity for Adolf Hitler to seize power in many other countries other than Germany. In about 1939, World War II officially erupted when the Nazi’s invaded Poland, which forced Poland’s allies, France and Great Britain, to fight back and join the war. Within the next few years, many more allies joined the war, creating another “Great War”. Unfortunately, in 1940 “The Battle of France” occurred, and Germany took control of France. Four years later, D-day in Normandy, France occurred. This was an invasion of Canadian, American, and British soldiers against Hitler’s troops which had previously invaded France. D-Day is when “Saving Private Ryan” begins.

German bombers attacked Holland on May 10,1940. The target was the Waalhaven airfield to the south of Rotterdam. An hour later the Germans dropped a battalion of paratroopers were dropped onto the field. Dutch troops stationed at the field put up a fierce fight, but the German paratroopers managed

The bombing of Dresden from February 13 to February 15, 1945 remains one of the most controversial bombings in World War II. Located in eastern Germany, Dresden was targeted by Allied bombers during the final months World War II in the European theatre. Rationales behind the bombing remains controversial due to conflicting Allied and German viewpoints. The Allies contended that the bombing was to target industrial centers, communication hubs, and to aid Soviet troops advancing from the West. On the other hand, Germans asserted that Dresden had no major industrial hubs, and the attacked on an undefended city was a war crime.