The Battle of Britain History Paper The Battle of Britain was a battle between the German air force, the Luftwaffe, and the British air force, the Royal Air Force (RAF). This battle took place over the skies of the United Kingdom in the summer and autumn of 1940. In order for Hitler to execute “Operation Sealion”, a planned invasion, successfully, he had to get rid of the British air force fearing that they will stop the operation if he tried to execute it. The first attack occurred in the August of 1940. Hitler decided to bomb the British airfields and then eventually cities.
Strategic Bombing WW2 During WW2, the Allied and Axis powers each used strategic bombing to try and defeat their enemy economically. Both bombed factories where military weapons where being made to slow down their enemy. Also being bombed where military forces, railways, harbors, cities, civillians, and industrial areas. They did this to try and break down their enemys will to fight, to try and lower their morale and help shorten the war. My opinion on this argument is that there should be no civillians killed by bombs unless it was accidental.
Advanced Higher History Dissertation How important was the RAF victory in the Battle of Britain in preventing a German invasion in 1940? “Since England, despite of her hopeless military situation, shows no signs of being ready to come to an understanding, I have decided to prepare a landing operation against England, and, if necessary, to carry it out. The aim of this operation will be to eliminate the English homeland as a base for the prosecution of the war against Germany and, if necessary, to occupy it completely.” The Führer and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Directive 16 16 Jul 1940 Contents Introduction 3 The Battle of Britain 4 The RAF Victory 8 The Invasion of Britain? 13 Other Factors 14 Conclusion 17 Bibliography 18 Introduction Britain’s victory in ‘The Battle of Britain’ is arguably the most decisive incident of the Second World War. Our victory could be claimed to have prevented an invasion of Britain in the summer or autumn of 1940 and the subsequent defeat of the Western allies, also it was the first time Hitler’s mighty Luftwaffe had been defeated.
The United States reaction to the bombing on Pearl Harbor leads to the fall of the Japan Empire, due to the United States involvement with the Doolittle Raid, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and the Atomic Bombs. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the Joint Chief of Staffs to bomb the Empire of Japan. He wanted the Japan Empire to be bombed as soon as possible to boost patriotism throughout the United States. Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle planned and led the attack. Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle’s plan to attack the Japan Empire was to use B-25 aircrafts to drop on Japan and then to land in China were there would be Chinese Aircrafts to help guide and refuel the B-25s to the Chongqing Chinese military base.
It’s important to study how aircraft was used during WWII because the effects were so devastating. The dogfights of WWII can be understood by explaining the types of planes used, and the countries that used them, the pilots who flew them, and the tactical maneuvers they used. The USAAF (United States Army Air Force) was the United States main aviation branch of the military during WWII. It was formed in 1941, when American involvement in World War Two was becoming increasingly more and more likely, until 1947 when the U.S. Air Forces became an independent branch of the military. One of the main strategies of the USAAF was to support the Royal Air Force of England in the bombing of Germany.
The British were unable to bomb the gas chambers and crematoria for sound technical reasons. From about the end of August 1944, the Americans could have bombed these installations. Senior air commanders were justified in their decision because numerous sorties against V-1 rocket sites, barges, petroleum oil, lubricant depots, roundhouses, airfields, power stations and other German military installations would have been sacrificed due to the amount of aircrafts required to bomb Auschwitz. Heavy prisoner casualties would have arisen and the uncertainty of success would have posed grave moral questions. Overall, the Joint Chief of Staff, the British Foreign Office, the Royal Air Force, the War Department and senior officials knew that their air power was imperfect and finite and thus acted
Both I think backfired somewhat because they caused America to come together and fight the enemy. On a calm Sunday morning on December 7, 1941, the Japanese shocked the world by bombing the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The bombing happened because the U.S. Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor could foil their plans to attack the American mainland. As insurance, the Japanese navy undertook an operation to cripple the Pacific Fleet by a surprise air attack. It succeeded.
Leading up to Pearl Harbor, the U.S., along with Britain, East Indies and the Netherlands, formed an oil and steel agreement against Japan that did not allow these materials to be traded with them, this embargo later caused major panic in Japan due to the restricted resources. The attack on Pearl Harbour occurred on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. It was here that the seven naval ships (of eight) were heavily damaged by the torpedoes and bombs dropped from the Japanese’s aeronautic surprise attack. The attack on Pearl Harbour was a major tactical victory by the Japanese, however as a result of the attack, the United States declared war on the Empire of Japan, resulting in the declaration of war from Germany and Italy; opposing the United States. This tactical feat included multiple significant leaders; Chuichi Nagumo and Isoroku Yamamoto were the Commanders/Leaders of the attack.
The bombing was tactically necessary from the Allied point of view. So why was Dresden chosen as a bombing target? Arthur Harris, head and commander of the Allied Bomber Command, which was responsible for all bombings off German cities, such as Hamburg Munich or Cologne. [Anderson.p.80] There are a number of reasons why Dresden was chosen as a bombing target so late in the war. First the city was in Nazi Germany and for this reason it was a possible target for bombing attacks.
WW1 was also the first case of total. Total warfare is where a whole country would be a target in a war. For example when all the men were fighting on the fronts but the major cities and factories were also a target for air attacks. The Germans did this so they could try and disrupt the war effort because if they destroyed the main factories then no weapons would be made to use on the fronts and we would lose the war. There are many reasons why the government decided to evacuate.