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1,389 German air crafts destroyed
792 British air crafts destroyed
3000 people killed alone in last fire attack on Britain
The employment of Operation Sea Lion would
have meant that Britain would have been occupied
by Hitler, resulting in an entirely different outcome of
World War II.
World War II would have ended considerably quickly and not as prolonged as the war actually was
However, the victor would be Germany and not any of the Allied countries, leading to Hitler controlling all of Europe
Germany had expected Britain to surrender
It was planned to be a ground invasion of England from the South-Eastern coast
The operation depended on naval and air control of the English Channel
It never went through because they never gained air superiority
The introduction of new tactics and battle grounds - the air forces - used by the Germans and British led to the largest and most unrelenting bombing aerial loss for Hitler in World War II, marking the turning point of the war for the Allies.
December 29th - London hit by incendiary attack that triggered more than 1500 fire
May 10th - London hit by another incendiary attack that was worst and last of Blitz: more than 2000 fires were started, defenders shot down 16 German bombers, most shot down during any nighttime raid
The Blitz - began on September 7th, from September 16th onwards only night raids, carried on for 57 nights without intermission
After November 3rd, Battle of Britain ended, but Blitz carried on until May, 1941
Key Information p.4
September 15th - climax of the battle, 56 German planes destroyed
September 30th - last German daylight attack
Hitler’s decision to seek revenge for the British bombing of Berlin is what saved Britain - London bombed Germans by mistake and German responded with attack on London
Germans decided to concentrate on bombing London, called the Blitz, during this time British repaired airfields, regrouped
Key Information p.2
First battle in history completed entirely by air power
September 15th is Battle of Britain Day
August 13th, “Eagle Day”, comes from this battle, it was the first day the Luftwaffe attacked
Winston Churchill quote from “finest hour” speech - “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”
Fun Facts!
Key Information
Battle between Britain and Germany to determine air superiority over Britain before a German invasion could be launched
Germans had forces based in France, the Low Countries (Netherlands and Belgium), Norway, and Denmark
Germans called their air assault Adlerangriff - initial force of more than 1300 bombers and 1200 fighters
Key Information p.3
Split into phases:
First phase - directed at destroying southern ports from Dover West to Plymouth
Second phase - targeted airfields, aircraft factories, and radar installations, after a while Germans targeted civilians
Third phase - concentration on night bombing
Germany failed to gain air superiority of Britain
Imposed heavy losses on Hitler's forces.
First,
This forced Hitler to permanently postpone Operation Sea Lion, saving the coast of South-East England.
Failure in Luftwaffe's attacks saved Britain from a ground invasion.
Britain's bases were secured and later, they would carry on to bomb German cities and infrastructure
Marked the first defeat of Hitler's military forces
Gave the British forces and the rest of Europe a much needed boost in morale
Germans had been seen as unstoppable prior
Second,
Also marked the first campaign to be fought entirely with air forces
Introduced the use of air forces and bombs in the war
The toll.
Third,
With nearly 1,400 of German air crafts destroyed and almost 3000 of German aircrew killed, Luftwaffe never recovered from the defeat
Could not invade Britain and eventually, the Soviet Union either
Had the operation gone through and the British coast and skies been taken over, Germany would have most likely
blockaded the British channels and ports
bombed British infrastructure
this would have ultimately starved Britain and forced them into surrender
Key Information
Britain was originally outnumbered 3:1.
Britain was saved by Hitler's decision to bomb London, a phase called the Blitz. During this time, Hitler concentrated on night raids and bombings of factories of England.
However, this time allowed for the RAF to repair and regroup, inflicting heavy losses and giving victory to the British.
Planned German invasion of England
Canceled on October 12th
Strategy was for the Luftwaffe (German air force) to defeat British Royal Air Force (RAF)
Hence, their only option left was to attack with their air forces
In the beginning, Germany was winning the battle with Britain's forces significantly destroyed.
Hitler’s plan was to take advantage of the internal collapse of London’s people due to the bombing raids by Germany
In May of 1940, Hitler’s goal was to reduce the British force by using blockades (Then he wanted to start the Sea Lion operation)
Operation Sea Lion could not happen due to the Luftwaffe not being able to beat the RAF
Germany's air force had expanded because of the fall of France in the Battle of France and Luftwaffe now had air forces based on Belgian and French airfields
Germany wanted to
determine air superiority
Operation Sea Lion
over Britain before
could be
launched
Their priority was the destruction of RAF planes and airfields
Hitler hoped that bombing raids on English cities and infrastructure would prepare for Operation Sea Lion or lead to British surrender
France, Holland and Belgium had already been defeated by Germany
The goal of the operation was to eliminate England as a a base and to eventually occupy the country completely
Operation Sea Lion was the main cause of the Battle of Britain and led to the victory of the British
this event ultimately changed the entire war (see previous slides)
If the operation had gone through and succeed, Germany would be in control of almost all of the great European powers
the down fall of Britain would have marked the ultimate victory of Germany