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The battle of britain
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The battle of Britain
By Amrit Sandhu
Short term causes
1. After Poland fell, Britain and France declared war on Germany which meant the formal commencement of World War II. (Bentley Priory Museum)
2. After France fell in June 1940, Germany’s attention turned to Britain which led to the battle of Britain. (Bentley Priory Museum)
S Causes
Connection to event 1
Britain and France declared war on Germany which meant that the battle of Britain was inevitable between the 2 countries.
Connection
Connection to event 2
Connection
After France fell which was one of the 2 countries that declared war on Germany and then Germany turned it's attention to Britain leading to the Battle of Britain.
Long term causes
1. Germany was defeated in World War I. The victorious powers (the United Governments, the United Kingdom, France, and other ally states) placed harsh territorial, military, and economic restrictions on defeated Germany in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Poland got sections of West Prussia and Silesia from Germany in the east. (US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
2. September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory from the treaty of Versailles and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war. (History.com)
L Causes
Connection to S causes
Connection
Due to Germany losing in WW1 it led to the treaty of Versailles which caused Germany to lose some of its land to Poland which led Germany to invade Poland to regain it's lost land and ultimatly leading to France and Britain declaring war on Germany.
Connection to S causes
Connection
Germany Invaded Poland which led France and Britain to declare war on Germany In the end France fell to Germany and now Germany turned its attention to Britain and causing the Battle of Britain to happen on July 10, 1940.
Consequenses of the event
S Consequenses
1. In 1947, the British possessions in India were awarded independence, and Britain withdrew from the Middle East the following year due to widespread unrest in the Palestinian Territories. (Bitesize)
2. The Americans Setup a base of operation in England which in the future helped launch Operations which ultematly brought an end to war. (Imperial War Museums)
Connection to event
Connection
Both sides had severe casualties after the Battle of Britain and after the war had ended keeping British territories in places like India became more expensive which led to India's independence on August 14, 1947 because Britain could not afford to keep it's territories.
Connection to event
Connection
The Americans were able to set up a base of operation in England which allowed them to start secret operation from the England's teritory and this was all possible because Britain had showed the world that it had a superiour airforce then Germany and they were able secured Britain's land from the Nazis.
L Consequenses
L Consequenses
1. The Indian Army is the 4th largest standing Army in the world after the US, Russia and China with 3 million military personnel. The Indian Army also holds the record of accepting the world's largest military surrender. In the 1971 Indo-Pak war, India won the battle against Pakistan. The latter had to publicly surrender to India, and it is also known as the largest military surrender after World War II. (Bi, India, Bureau)
2. During World War II, the Normandy Invasion, also known as Operation Overlord or D-Day, was an Allied invasion of western Europe that began on June 6, 1944, with the simultaneous landing of US, British, and Canadian soldiers on five distinct beachheads in Normandy, France. The end result brought the Nazi Reich to an end. (Keegan, J)
Connection to S consequenses
Connection
India was able to achieve all this because the WW2 had left destruction and loss of wealth for Britain and the Battle of Britain contributed heavely to that because a lot of of Britsh cities were destroyed in the battle costing millions of dollars to the government and leading to the independense of India.
Connection to S consequenses
Battle of Britian ended with the defeat of Germany and which helped Americans setup a base on England's shores from where the Operation OverLord was launched which brought an end to the Nazi Reich.
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Citations
Biblio
Bentley Priory Museum. (n.d.). “Battle of Britain Timeline: 10 July 1940 – 31 October 1940”. Retrieved on June 13, 2021 from
https://bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk/bentley-priory-and-the-battle-of-britain/battle-of-britain-timeline-10-july-1940-31-october-1940/
Bi, India, Bureau. (Jan 15, 2021). “Army Day 2021: These amazing facts about the Indian Army will make you beam with pride”. Business Insider. Retrieved on june 13, 2021 from
https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/these-amazing-facts-about-the-indian-army-will-make-you-beam-with-pride/slidelist/80270052.cms
Bitesize. (n.d.). “How Britain lost an empire - war and government”. Retrieved on June 13, 2021 from
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zyh9ycw/revision/4
History.com Editors. (Nov 9, 2009). “Battle of Britain”. A&E Television Networks. Retrieved on June 13, 2021 from
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain-1
History.com Editors. (Nov 16, 2009). “Germany invades Poland”. A&E Television Networks Retrieved on June 13, 2021 from
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
Imperial War Museums. (n.d.). “8 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN”. Retrieved on june 13, 2021 from
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-britain
Keegan, J. (2021, May 30). “Normandy Invasion”. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on June 13, 2021 from
https://www.britannica.com/event/Normandy-Invasion
US Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). “GERMAN TERRITORIAL LOSSES, TREATY OF VERSAILLES, 1919”. Retrieved on June 13, 2021 from
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/map/german-territorial-losses-treaty-of-versailles-1919
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