why was the outcome of the battle of Britain so important?

Answer 1

The outcome of the Battle of Britain was so important to the British people because Hitler would not be able to carry out his planned invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion) without air superiority.

Answer 2

The Battle of Britain, or the air war in which the German Luftwaffe repeatedly bombed Britain, and also I think there was naval action, too, was very important. After the fall of France in the summer of 1940, and Russia was invaded by Germany around the same time; that left Britain because America had not yet joined the war. But we were sending equipment, ships, planes, etc to England under the Lend-Lease Law. If Germany had beaten England down and invaded, the next step could have been to attack the British Commonwealth including Canada. If they had, they could have attacked the US from bases in Canada. Even if that did not happen, other than Sweden and Switzerland (for a time, and they had not respected the neutrality of Belgium and other countries), Nazis and Fascists would have controlled Europe. There is no way of knowing if America could have gotten in the war and beaten Hitler by itself.\ Because the British prevailed despite nearly constant air raids and other attacks, they held on and after America got in the war in Europe, Britain, the US, the free French and others were able to beat Italy, which was less of a factor and defeated a year or so before Germany, then of course launch D-Day, go on to invade Germany and win the war.

Answer 3

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not only influenced but decided the outcome. Had the Brits lost the Battle, Britain would have been invaded. In that case no convoys to Murmansk, no bombers over the Ruhr valley, no Normandy landings. Without Britain to back the troops in Egypt, Rommel crosses the Suez and links up with the pro-nazi arabs in Syria and Iraq. India gets taken in a pincer between the nazis and the Japanese- and it's all over bar the shouting. The Battle of Britain is probably the one battle which decidsed the outcome of WW2

Answer 4

With France conquered, Hitler could turn his forces on Germany's sole remaining enemy, Great Britain, which was protected from the formidable German Army by the waters of the English Channel. On July 16, 1940, Hitler issued a directive ordering the preparation and, if necessary, the execution of a plan for the invasion of Great Britain. But an amphibious invasion of Britain would only be possible, given Britain's large navy, if Germany could establish control of the air in the battle zone.

For this, the Luftwaffe chief, Goring, issued the "Eagle Day" directive, laying down a plan of attack in which a few massive blows from the air were to destroy British air power and so open the way for the amphibious invasion, termed Operation "Sea Lion." Victory in the air battle for the Luftwaffe would indeed have exposed Great Britain to invasion and occupation. The victory by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command blocked this possibility and, in fact, created the conditions for Great Britain's survival, for the extension of the war, and for the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany.

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Answer 5

Suppose England capitulated, as in some Neville Chamberlain-types couldn't bear the bombing and blood brought to their homeland (despite the fact that English history is very bloody). Germany was prepared to repeat, ironically, the invasion of the Normans, as if the Saxons (Germans) would do the uprooting this time.

It is true that the early American fight was in Western North Africa and that could have been carried out without the English. But if the English gave in like the French and had their equivalent of the Vichy government, then who would have supplied Montgomery (besides the US which gave some, but certainly not all)? British and allied military plans and communications would have been severely disrupted, crippling the ability of the hold-outs, the English playing the part of the Free-French and Free-Polish, to continue to wage war so decisively. American technology was late to the game, so without the Brittish aircraft, the Germans began with a strong and distinct technological advantage in war materiel. Supposing that the Allies did manage to sweep the Germans from north Africa, it would have been a much slower and much more difficult fight, and a much more diminished force would then have attacked Sicily and elsewhere. The Germans would have had a much greater advantage in defending Italy and against the Soviets on the eastern front. Instead of American and British planes spotting and sinking German U-boat raiders, it would have been German planes scouring the north Atlantic for Allied warships and supply shipping. The German navy wouldn't have been bottled up anymore. Unless the English did as the French and scuttled some of their best navy, the Germans would be using the English naval vessels against us and the Soviets as well. The resupply of the Soviets across to Archangel wouldn't have happened or would have been greatly diminished. The Soviets wouldn't have had the machinery and aircraft production technology the Americans delivered, as well as munitions so badly needed to reinforce Leningrad and Moscow. Kruschev may have still succeeded in defeating the Germans at Stalingrad and kept the Germans from the Crimean oil, but with the north lost, it would have been a radically different place today. Indeed, Roosevelt might have negotiated a peace with an Early European Union, one that was headquartered in Berlin and flew a red flag with black swastika.

The Battle of Brittain was just one of many battles, but if they had lost, the world would be a far, far different place today.

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why was the outcome of the battle of Britain so important?

Answer 7

Britain held the Nazis back long enough for America's industry to kick into high gear. If Britain had lost the air battle Germany would have gone ahead with Operation Sealion and invaded. This would have taken away the only practical staging area for America to invade the Continent. It would also have relieved pressure because the American Air Corps did not have planes that could reach the Continent from Gibraltar until '44 and the Germans could have devoted more energy to various weapons programs that could have thrown the balance in their favor-like rocket development and atomic weapons, as well as their jet program.

Answer 8

For the Germans to successfully invade Britain they had to wipe out the R.A.F. before they tried to cross the English Channel.
This was their aim between June and September 1940 during which they sent over large numbers of bombers protected by fighters in daytime to attack radar installations and airfields and engage the R.A.F. in combat.
The Germans suffered such a large number of losses during this period that they eventually switched to night bombing the cities which were easier targets . This was the beginning of the Blitz.
This was a mistake by the Germans as the R.A.F. was almost defeated by then being unable to supply new planes and pilots.

Answer 9

Britain is the door to Europe, they were in control of the seas and had a strong industrial base.