The battle of Britain was an important turning point in the second world war explain why

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The battle of Britain was an important turning point in the second world war explain why.

 

The battle of Britain was forte in the skies between Britain and Germany over southern England. The fighting was between the German Luftwaffe which was the German air force and the British RAF from July to September 1940.

 The battle of Britain happened because Hitler had invaded all of the other parts of Europe and only had Britain to get. So the way to end the war would be to get Britain and get rid of their air force so that Germany could invade and take over.

The Germans had 2600 fighters and bombers, where as Britain only had 900 fighters. The odds were that Britain was outnumbered by  3:1. It was important for Germany to win the battle of Britain because they had defeated most of Europe apart from Britain and if the won against Britain it would give them even more power over Europe. As Germany had won against all of the other countries that it had tried to fight with. They thought that they may as well try England and see where it gets them.  If they defeated England it would be the last step and they would have feel very powerful and pleased with themselves at their achievements. Also all of western Europe would be Nazi and this would have been the end of the war as it would have been over for good.

The Importance of Britain winning would be for boosting moral and this would be because they would have won against Germany who had defeated every other country that it tried to fight, and the fact that they would have gone through all of it and still come out stringer as they were at a disadvantage with plane numbers to the Germans.  It was also important for Britain to win because it would mean that they could keep their air force to stop Germany invading Britain and causing lots of disruptions and pain. Also Germany knew that if they got Britain’s air force that it would be so much easier for them to invade Britain as the air force was the strongest thing for Britain and without it they would be stuck and it would be harder for them to defend themselves against Germany. For this reason Britain also tried their hardest against Germany and they did not want an invasion against them.

  There were a number of reasons  why the  British won the Battle but one of the biggest and best reasons were to do with the fact that the British had Radar which was very helpful to them as they could spot the German planes when they were coming. This was a huge advantage because it meant it gave the British time to spot them and get the planes that they needed to help them fight.  The German’s were not that advanced and did not have radar and so they thought that they could just fly over and surprise Britain as they thought that they did not know that they would come and so would do well in the bombings, but Britain was ready and able to fight.  Germany also gave Britain a huge advantage as when Hitler changed his tactics and decided to attack London. This gave the RAF time to repair  the air fields and planes to make them stronger again. The British also were close to home and could easily go back down to ground and refuel the planes where as the Germans did not have a  lot of time to stay up in the air and get back as they would run out of fuel. Also other advantages that we had against the Germans was that Britain  had observers helping spot the German planes as they flew over. This helped because the British knew exactly that the German planes were coming and where about they were and where they were likely to go to as the observers would phone up and report to people where about they had seen the planes. Britain also had other support on their side such as the French the Americans and the Poles. Some of their fighter pilots joined up with Britain and helped them fight Germany in the sky. Germany’s mistake was that when Hitler ordered his planes to bomb London. He did this because Britain bombed Berlin and he was angry about it and wanted to get his own back. This was a huge favour to the British RAF because it was about to collapse and give up fighting, then Hitler attacked London. This was a relief to Britain as it gave them time to repair planes etc. this was a disadvantage and a big mistake to Germany as if they had carried on attacking Britain where they had done before Britain would have given up and Germany had of won the Battle of Britain but as they moved on to bomb London it just gave Britain more space and time to come back in power.

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   The Germans were totally shocked by loosing this battle as it was the first time in the war that they had been beaten.  Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. The Germans had things to settle with Poland as some years immediately after world war one in the Treaty of Versailles it said that Poland was to be rewarded with land from Germany and Russia. Of course Germany did not agree with this but at the time had to go along with it. As Germany wasn’t a country that would sit back and let things happen something was bound to ...

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