the battle of britain?

Question

What exactly was the battle of britain. When I look online its really complicated, some help please on what itis exactly??

Answer 1

Its kind of already been said,. but basically the Battle of Britian was the Air War fought between Germany and England, mostly fought over London skies.

The idea was that Germany would establish air superiority over the area thus they could cross over from France with a landing force and take Britian.

It was huge as Britain was almost beaten, (they literally had a day where every single air craft they had was up in the air at once) but a strange turn of events changed the tide of battle

A german bomber off course dropped his bombs jsut to get rid of them and dropped them on civilian targets, this prompted Churchill to order the bombing of Berlin... this prompted Hitlor to order the mass bombing of British Cities,.. and what this did, was stop the Germans from bombing military strategic targets, e.g. AIRPLANE FACTORIES!!! which the British needed to keep producing airplanes.

So thus this is why polotics shoudl never factor into fighting wars,lol

But in this case,. it led to the British turngin the tide, and effectivly beating back the German Air Advance, and thus preventing the landings and eventually helping win the war.

Answer 2

The Battle of Britain was a conflict in the air lasting 84 days, between the Royal Air Force and the German air force, the Luftwaffe.

The Second World War had begun on 3rd September 1939, when Britain and France declared war on Germany. France had quickly fallen to the German army, and German troops were poised on the other side of the English Channel, ready for an invasion. Before the Germans could invade, they needed to gain air superiority. In 1940, they launched an ambitious plan to knock out all British airfields.

In June 1940, the Luftwaffe launched several raids on British ports as a softening up exercise. Although these attacks caused some considerable damage, the R A F had the advantage of radar, which alerted them to when and where attacks were taking place.

On 8th August 1940, the main attack began. In the first week of the battle, the Luftwaffe launched about 1,500 attacks per day, aimed at airfields and radar stations, but the rate of attacks diminished as the Luftwaffe continued to lose aircraft to the R A F’s superior Spitfire, a single-seater fighting aircraft designed to take out enemy bombers. By late August, the Luftwaffe had lost 600 aircraft compared with a British loss of 260. In September, the British retaliated by carrying out a bombing raid on Berlin, which so infuriated the German High Command, that they turned their attention to the bombing of London, Coventry and Liverpool.

By October 1940, the R A F had shot down 1,700 German aircraft and the German resources were too weak for them to continue. The enemy had been repelled and the Battle of Britain was won. The threatened invasion was prevented although this did not prevent the Luftwaffe from carrying out a series of bombing raids in the winter of 1940-1941, known as the Blitz, the German word for lightning. Winston Churchill, speaking of the RAF pilots who engaged in the battle, said ‘Never in the history of human conflict, was so much owed to so few by so many’. The RAF pilots of 1940, thereafter became known as ‘The Few’.

Answer 3

One of the major campaigns of the early part of World War II, the Battle of Britain is the name commonly given to the attempt by the German Luftwaffe, as part of German Blitzkrieg tactics, to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF), before a planned sea and airborne invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion). Neither Hitler nor the German Wehrmacht believed it possible to carry out a successful amphibious assault on the British Isles until the Royal Air Force had been neutralised. Secondary objectives were to destroy aircraft production and ground infrastructure, attack areas of political significance, as well as terrorising the British people with the intent of intimidating them into seeking an armistice or surrender.

British historians generally date the battle from 9 July to 31 October 1940, which represented the most intense period of daylight air raiding. German historians usually place the beginning of the battle in mid-August 1940 and end it in May 1941, on the withdrawal of the bomber units in preparation for the attack on the USSR. The failure of Nazi Germany to destroy Britain's air forces to allow for an invasion or to break the spirit of either the British government or people is widely considered the Third Reich's first major defeat.

Answer 4

Prior to invading Britain, Germany had to neutralise the RAF.

Goering poured many aircraft over, bombing airfields etc and also sent fighters to take on our Hurricanes and Spitfires.

Luckily, British technology had created RDF, what we now call Radar, (the American name). This was very well integrated with the RAF organisation, so we could send our meagre fighter force to the right place at the right time.

As the Germans could not achieve air superiority, their plans for an invasion went on the back burner.

By the way, V1's and V2's did not appear until the last years of the war. They were not deployed during the Battle of Britain.

Answer 5

During the early part of the WWII after the allied forces had been repulsed from Continental Europe, the Germans started air and bombing flights over the South Coast of Britain to "soften up" the defences in preparation for (perhaps) invasion. The Battle of Britain was fought mainly in the air and between fighter planes. The British defeated the Germans and brought one of Winston Churchill's to the fore. It was "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few". Meaning never has so much (the safety of Britain), so many (the free world and British people in particular) by so few (the allied fighter pilots). In fact the pilots assumed the nickname "The Few" and bore it proudly.

Answer 6

Most consider it the days and nites Londoners & southern Britain were subjected to attacks by the Luftwaffe. From the "Miracle of Dunkirk" (or shortly thereafter) to the "Miracle of Sept 7" when Hitler switched tactics (from bombing airfields and radar stations to bombing London).

The Battle of Britain was a tactical draw, the Germans lost around 1,700 aircraft and the British lost around 1,200. The British succeeded in halting the invasion of Britain which was a strategic success.

Answer 7

The battle of britain was basically a battle of german and british airforces. The british although outnumbered managed to defend themselves and win the battle of britain.

also at that time Hitler's germany was using rocket's V-1's and later the V-2 to bomb britain's major cities, mainly london.

Germany miscalculated one major thing when they started this war. They never built any sea going craft that would enable them to transport troops across the channel and invade england. Thus, germany hoped that an air campaign would bring britain to it's knees and surrender.

Answer 8

the battle of Britain was when our fighter pilots took on the German Luftwaffe pilots over this country 1940 and Mr Churchill coined the phrase "so much is owed to so few" it was a time when we were fighting Jerry on our own and the true British guts showed through

Answer 9

The battle of britain was the fight for air supremecy between britain and germany.Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few,Winston churchill.

Answer 10

as i understand it the battle of britain occured after allied forces were pushed back from france (see dunkirk)

it was basically an air war to establish supremacy and would have led to a german invasion had they won which is why it was so important