Who won the battle of britan?

Answer 1

It depends on how you determine victory!
Germany defeated Great Britain in the Battle of Britain,
they maintained there independence because of US intervention!

Answer 2

The RAF, supported by pilots from other countries: 139 Poles, 98 New Zealanders, 86 Canadians, 84 Czechoslovakians, 29 Belgians, 21 Australians, 20 South Africans, 13 French, 10 Irish, 7 from the United States, a Jamaican, a Palestinian Jew and a Southern Rhodesian.

Answer 3

The answer depends who's side you're on. From the British point of view the Battle of Britain was a victory for Britain. However, if you had lived in UK at the time, you might not have thought so, because the Luftwaffe kept coming back anyway. Some historians say it was a stalemate in that both sides fought themselves to a standstill. In any event, the German losses were massive, they simply could not keep up war production against the loss of so many aircraft. We, the Brits, on the other hand, worked flat out 24/7 at arms production and were gaining ground on them by the spring of 1941.

Answer 4

Despite being greatly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe, the Royal Air Force repelled the Germans in air battles over the Kent and Sussex coastlines between 10th July and 31st October 1940.
The Few, as our airmen were called, numbered 2353 British and 574 Overseas personnel. 544 of them were lost in action during the Battle. Sorry, don't know the numbers for the Germans.
The Battle of Britain Flight at big events is made up of a Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster Bomber; the likes of which were involved - hence the name BofB flight.

Russ... USA didn't join the war effort until after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, by the Japanese Air Force, on 7th December 1941. Admittedly, some Americans joined earlier of their own volition.

Iain...the pilot was Douglas Bader, later Sir.

Answer 5

The Battle of Britain refers to the battle for air supremacy between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force and allied flyer's.
Despite facing overwhelming odds the allies won. Russ has rightly pointed out that the USA made a significant contribution later in the Invasion and subsequent defeat of the Axis troops. We are aware that America did not intend to enter the war itself but wanted to enjoy great wealth supplying arms and ammunition to the allies. This came to an abrupt end when the Japanese predicted that the USA would eventually enter and made a pre-emptive strike against the US Fleet in Pearl Harbour

Answer 6

Russ seems to be out of his head!
The British Royal Airforce won The Battle of Britain, ensuring that when the Yanks finally decided to show up, this Great Country was their Aircraft Carrier!
The British defeated the Germans in many battles before America got involved! Don't let the Yanks try to tell you otherwise.

Answer 7

Sorry spook, the Hurricane accounted for more enemy aircraft than the Spitfire during the Battle of Britain. Which was won of course by the Royal Air Force.

Answer 8

The chaps who installed and developed Radar along the British coastline, and the high command of the RAF, who learned how to us it's capabilities (together with communications and home gaurd spotters) for air defence properly (otherwise the RAF would just be flying around like monkeys, a hour after the event)..

ps) Hitler also lost it - by redirecting the air assualt too London and not finishing off key RAF airbases...If it wasn't for this decision it would have most certainly have been game over.

Answer 9

The Royal Air Force, with a helping hand of volunteers both in
factories and in the air. There is a book that I read, a long time
ago, about an Air Force pilot that lost both legs and continued
flying. He was one of Britain‘s great heroes and I am ashamed
for not remembering his name. This book is all about the Battle
of Britain, I was in the CCF Air Force at the time, it was the
early fifties, so perhaps you can forgive me.The book is "Strike
from the High"
.

Answer 10

According to Hollywood, those ingnorant yanks......they also won the Battle of Hastings, Battle of Bosworth Field, 100 Years War and Marston Moor

Answer 11

The battle of britain refers to the air fight between the raf and the german lufwaffer in world war 2. Britain won even though we were outnumbered we had the better planes faster and more agile.