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  • Mar 12, 13

    Britain's year of 1940 would have been the finest hour of any nation. With the tide of the war against them and the Germans fresh off the humongous victory over France, Danemark, Norway, and Poland, all seemed lost for the British and their people. But through the persistance of their newly appointed leader, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, they were able to turn back the seemingly unstoppable Luftwaffe. This was in part to many significant reasons such as British fighters fighting on home soil, the limited gas of German Pilots, British Radar, and the change of tactics for the Germans. The battle started with the Fall of France. French Airfields near the coast were turned into German bases for attack. At the beginning of the battle, the Germans sent bombers during daylight on the British Airfields and British radar stations, effectively slowing down the income of British Fighters to their bases and the Fighter in the air. However, due to a sudden change, Herman Göring decided to attack London after only two months of bombing the British Airfields and Radar stations, putting the RAF on the edge of disaster. With this change of Tactics, the British were able to shore up their fighter squadrons to effectively match and eventually destroy the German Luftwaffe's ability to wage war in Britain.

  • Mar 05, 13

    • Germans lost many planes to the British Airforce which at the beginning of the battle was inferior in numbers
    • First loss for the Germans in World War II and was a big defeat
    • British fighter planes were always on the alert
    • Brits used Radar to track German Planes which was a key factor
    • Germans switched startegies halfway through the battle as they started to bomb London instead of the Air fields and Radar towers.
    • Battle of Britain lasted for about 3 months
    • Londoners call this battle the blitz
    • German pilots that were shot down and were later captured whereas British fighters would land in friendly territory
    • German Fighters would only be able to stay in the air for about 30 mins over Britian
    • Air command of Britain were struggling to keep up with the losses during the beginning part of the battle

  • Mar 12, 13

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      • 1940 was Britain's finest hour as it would have been for any nation. With Britain's population starving, no allies close by, cities being bombed to rubble and no idea of this was the end, Britain was able to show the world, the true meaning of the finest hour. They dug the dead and living from the rubble, placed their lives and trust into the young fighters from the RAF, and built up the defenses on the beaches to effectively win the Battle of Britain. This was due in Part to Winston Churchill who's persistance to keep fighting was huge.

      •  Britain's year of 1940 would have been the finest hour of any nation. The British, under the threat of invasion and starvation by the U-boats too, heavily bombed in their cities, without allies, without any prospect of salvation at all, wholly exemplified how a finest hour should be lived. They dug the dead and the living from the rubble, manned their beaches, tightened their belts, and watched spellbound the aerobatics overhead of Fighter Command's fighting--and eventually winning--the Battle of Britain. Above all, they lent their ears to Churchill's great oratory. Speech by speech, they were taught by him to shrug off danger, glory in "standing alone," and determine to wait out isolation until the turn of events brought hope of better days. 

  • Mar 12, 13

    Significance of the Battle of Britain:

     

    • First defeat of Germans
    • The German airforce lost amny planes, which significantly depleted its reserves and its ability to effectively change the war
    • Brtish Victory
    • Germans were unable to complete Operation SeaLion
    • Britian and the Western Allies were able to stay in the war.

  • Mar 12, 13

    The Fall of France was evident in June 1940. After that huge loss, the British were forced to stop the German Air force, the Luftwaffe, with its own air force, the RAF on its home soil. Day after day, the RAF repelled the German bombers in their attacks and finally gained control of the skies in October 1940.

    "Never in the Field of Conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" -Winston Churchill

  • Mar 12, 13

    With the German defeat to the RAF, the British had won its first major victory in Europe. It gave the British people hope, as they had been bombed, starved, and brutally hampered with defeatist ideas which included ending the war and pursuing Peace with the Nazis. Churchill had done his part, keeping the morale of his people, while putting to rest any idea of a peace treaty. With the Germans defeated, the spotlight of the war and the German efforts turned East, ever eastward to the vast country of Russia. But in the process, they had been unable to effectively nullify and destroy the one enemy in the west that stood a chance with the Germans. Their inability to defeat Britain would prove extremely costly.

  • Mar 12, 13

    1. Adams, Simon. Battle of Britain. Eyewitness World War II. London:

    Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2000. 20-21. Print. Eyewitness.

     

    2. Keegan, John. "His Finest Hour." U.S. News & World Report. 29 May 2000: 50-57.

    SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 11 Mar 2013.

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