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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.

Operation Sea Lion Thesis

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

Battle of Britain Thesis

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.

Battle of Britain

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

Operation Sea Lion

What's the significance?

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

Whats the significance?

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)

  • the German's weak point was their lack in intelligence, especially about Britain's vulnerabilities
  • they also no longer had a navy left and their army was in poor condition

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.

German Jet

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

Trier Air Base

Purpose of the battle

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

  • this failed due to the British development of the radar and ULTRA intelligence system

Hitler hoped that bombing raids on English cities and infrastructure would prepare for Operation Sea Lion or lead to British surrender

Citations

Purpose of the operation

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

Battle of Britain & Operation Sea Lion

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

By Anna, Hannah and Arya

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