The Battle of Britain took place when the Luftwaffe attempted to win air superiority over southern England from the Royal Air Force as an essential prerequisite for the invasion of this country by German naval and land forces. For the British, it ran from 10 July - 31 October 1940. For the Germans it began on 13 August, Adlertag or "Eagle Day". The key to success for the Luftwaffe was the destruction of the RAF's fighter force. Conversely, for Fighter Command it was to hamper bombing and inflict losses, preferably before the target was reached.
Introduction -The British government has expected Germany to go to war again so the British government made secret plans in the early 1930’s that if Britain ever goes to war with Germany that they would evacuate the young children of Britain to safer locations in the country side. Predictions of World War II where as early as 1922 as 4 million deaths where predicted in London alone. Lord Balfour spoke of “unremitting bombardment of a kid that no other city had to endure”. The British leaders where worried about what happened in Guerinca in 1936, when the Germans helped General Franco in the Spanish civil war by the big blitz of Guerinca. Guerinca had a population of about 7,000 people.
The German Luftwaffe often sent 109 fighters to bomb English cities with an aim to destroy civilian morale. They were called “blitzes”. The English retaliation to these blitzes killed more citizens in Hamburg than all the blitzes combined. The war in the skies was an important part of WWII. It’s important to study how aircraft was used during WWII because the effects were so devastating.
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.
After London, Hull was the most severely damaged British city. The city was a target for the Luftwaffe because of the importance of its shipping port and as an industrial centre. It also received bombardment meant for the more inland cities or from retreating German aircraft dumping bombs before reaching the open sea. Over 1,200 were killed and 3,000 injured during the raids on Hull.
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.
12,000 were left dead, 38,000 Americans were wounded and 10,000 civilians perished during Okinawa. The battle at Okinawa was named the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. The United States entered World War II in December 1941, when Japan attacked the American naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. After that Hitler declared war on the United States, along with Germany. The United States and British troops landed on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in North Africa on November 8, 1942.
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.
“The Evacuation from Dunkirk in World War 2 was a great Disaster for Britain” In this essay I will write about the evacuation from Dunkirk which took place in 1940 in World War 2. I will analyse eight sources to determine as to whether or not it was a great disaster for Britain. Dunkirk is located in the northern area of France; it lies ten kilometres from the Belgian border. The evacuation from Dunkirk took place as the Battle of Dunkirk was commencing. The British Prime Minister at the time was Winston Churchill.
The Bombing of Dresden took place between 13 February and 14 February 1945 by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Air Force. Only twelve weeks after the bombing Nazi Germany, surrendered. This bombing of Dresden was one of the most brutal and most controversial bombings in World War II, because Dresden was a very charming cultural place of little or no military importance and the city was also known as the "Florence on the Elbe“. Recent research suggests that 35,000 were killed but some German sources have said that it was over 100,000 people who died in the heavy bombing. The bombing was tactically necessary from the Allied point of view.