The Battle of Britain
The battle of britain is essentially between Luftwaffe and the air
Operation Sea Lion and the Beginning of the Air War
Dogfights and the British Determination
Winston Churchill
Operation Sea Lion and the Beginning of the Air War
- hitler's plan to invade Great Britain
- Needed control of the air before this would be possible
- Luftwaffe begins bombing aircraft factories, hangars, runways, radar, convoys
- British come within days of not being able to sustain a defence
- Hitler had promised this would never happen in Germany
- He changes strategy and bombs London for 76 nights straight
- Allows the RAF to recover
Dogfights and the British Determination
- led by Winston Churchill
- St. Paul's Cathedral a sign of the resistance
- Americans being the lend lease policy in 1941
- Lend Lease policy: even though Americans are not part of the war they help Britain- give them supplies
Winston Churchill
- elected as British Prime Minister after the Fall of France
- Famous for his speeches during WWII
- Perhaps the best historian of the 20th Century
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