Why was Britain able to hold out aginst Germany with ref. to latter U Boat and Luwaffe?

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Answer 1

The battle against the U-boats, to protect the convoys of shipping from North America, was won by breaking the Enigma code messages which arranged their rendezvous with their supply vessels.

The other major possible threat to the convoys, the huge battleship Tirpitz moored in Norway, was discounted because the Commando raid on St. Nazaire had destroyed her only possible bolthole and repair facility on the Atlantic seaboard.

The battle against the Luftwaffe would almost certainly have been lost, at any rate in the south of England, if it had continued to bomb airfields instead of switching to London. A holding line would probably have been established further north, where the fuel the fighter planes would need to get there from Germany and back again would leave them with very little combat time.

Answer 2

Two words: Technology and Churchill

Britain along with the help of America was able to perfect the use of radar in the air war. This advantage allowed the RAF high command to mobilize, deploy, and concentrate aircraft in decisive ways. The British pilots were superior although their aircraft was at times less than par with Germany. Remember that when a British pilot was shot down and escaped injury, he could walk back to his air base and fight again. Not true for the Germans of course.

The same example holds true for the U Boats. The technological advances made with radar were leveraged in the seas with the advent of sonar; same basic technology and principles. Study the historical records of sunk German submarines and you will see dramatic increases in lost U-Boats as Britain+USA developed precise search and destroy techniques using sonar. Near the end of the war 9 out of 10 U-Boat sailors who went to sea never returned. (Watch Das Boot)

Churchill himself was the second major reason that Britain was able to hold out. He impressed his indomitable will to fight on and fight through, until the very last Briton was left standing if necessary, until the defeat of Nazi Germany. The British People's will was Britain's most powerful weapon. Without Churchill's leadership, Britain would very likely have surrendered quickly.

Hitler misjudged completely Britain's fighting spirit which led to the Dunkirk blunder on Germany's part. Had Hitler known Britain's true fighting spirit, he would not have allowed 100,000 plus men escape.

Technology and Churchill

Answer 3

The allies broke the U-boat codes and had radar to better detect U-boats; in addition to the US protection provided by destroyers.

The Battle of Britain was a stalemate, the Luftwaffe nearly brought RAF Fighter Command to its knees, but thanks to the miracle of Sep 2, 1940 Hitler changed targeting to London rather than continue bombing the airfields/radar stations. The relief allowed RAF Fighter Command to recover and barely beat off the last Luftwaffe attacks.

Answer 4

It was touch and go for a while. The three main things were a) The determination of the British People. b) The Germans were distracted by having to fight on the Russian Front as well. c)We had a lot of help from America, firstly with equipment, then after Pearl Harbour with men as well.I`m not an historian, but I dont think I`m too far wrong.

Answer 5

Because the Germans made some mistakes which gave Britain the time to re-build its air force.

One of those mistakes was to stop going after the British radars which were detecting German planes.

The use of U Boats was another mistake which caused the US to declare war on Germany.