D-Day slipways

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I have been investigating the question ‘can the D-Day slipways play a significant role in the development of Torquay’s heritage industry?’ To answer this question I have been studying many things such as the war, D-Day and Torquay’s slipways.

Firstly, I have learned about a few turning points that took place in the war such as the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the work of the code breakers and D-Day. I have found out that they all happened to stop Germany from winning the war. They are turning points because they turned around the way that the war was so each time the country winning the war changed. The battle of Britain took place because Hitler wanted to conquer Britain. He decided that he would first have to destroy the R.A.F. Also, Winston Churchill would not give up. So, the Luftwaffe attacked British ships in the channel. In the middle of august, the Luftwaffe attacked British airfields. Not many planes were destroyed but runways were damaged so that the planes could not take off. Although the planes could be replaced, as time went on, many R.A.F pilots were killed and they could not be replaced, so the Luftwaffe were winning the battle. The 7th of September 1940 was the turning point in the Battle of Britain. This is because Hitler changed his tactics and had London being bombed, which was called the ‘Blitz’. The Blitz actually helped the British as it gave them a chance to repair the runways, planes and give pilots a rest. Then 8 days later, on the 15th of September, the Germans sent lots of bombers and fighter planes to attack London but the R.A.F was ready. There was a huge battle and the R.A.F won.

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The Battle of the Atlantic took place because Britain imported half its food and two thirds of its raw materials. Hitler ordered his U-boats to sink merchant ships sailing to Britain because he knew that if he could stop the British from getting food and raw materials, they would lose the war. The German U-boats were under the sea and only came to the surface at night to look through binoculars to see where the English were. When the U-boats were under the sea, they fired missiles at the English boats. Because of this, the British and Americans produced fast ...

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