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The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, lit. 'air battle for England') was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
His surrender, says historian Edmund Morgan, "was a great turning point of the war because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory." [8] Burgoyne's strategy to divide New England from the southern colonies had started well but slowed due to logistical problems.
It ended in the surrender of the British army, which historian Edmund Morgan argues, "was a great turning point of the war, because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory." [7] The primary thrust of the campaign was planned and initiated by Lieutenant General John Burgoyne.
On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the Luftwaffe started attacking southern England. In 1509, theologian John Calvin, a key figure of the Protestant Reformation ...
Churchill's speech lasted nearly fifty minutes, in which he first stated "Almost a year has passed since the war began, and it is natural for us, I think, to pause on our journey at this milestone and survey the dark, wide field" [9] going on to say that, so far, there had been many fewer casualties than at the same point in the First World War, stating that the war was not a "prodigious ...
The turning point in the Battle occurs when a squadron of German bombers lost in bad weather at night jettisons its bombs, which accidentally fall on London. In retaliation, the RAF attacks Berlin . Though the damage is negligible, an enraged Adolf Hitler publicly orders London to be razed .
The Battle of Britain cost the Luftwaffe 873 fighters and 1,014 bombers. The RAF lost 1,023 fighters. [38] Never again did the Luftwaffe operate in such numbers over Britain. General Werner Kreipe described it as a "strategic (Luftwaffe) failure" and a "turning point in the Second World War". The German Air Force was described as "bled almost ...
The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England) was an effort by the German Air Force during the summer and autumn of 1940 to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom in preparation for the planned amphibious and airborne forces invasion of Britain by Operation Sea Lion.