Air war:
Battle 1: Britian
They then concentrated on destroying the RAF, before turning their attention to the destruction of London A key event in the Battle of Britain (known as Battle of Britain Day) took place on 15th September 1940.
The Battle of Britain is about to begin.” The first German bombing raids took place on 10th July 1940.
On this day, Germany launched a massive assault on London and filled the skies with a large number of bombers and fighter planes.
Although exact figures are hard to come by, it is thought that about 1000 RAF planes were shot down in the Battle of Britain.
Battle 2: Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge
It had been 4 ½ years since France had fallen; almost 3 since the U.S. had been dragged in; and almost 6 months since D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France, the biggest invasion in human history and the supposed 'beginning of the end' for Hitler's 'Fortress Europe.' But then, in December, the German army--which was supposed to be as good as defeated--roared back to life, launching one of the largest offensives of the entire war against the overextended U.S. and British forces. …show more content…
Instead, Hitler called for a massive assault, with a general goal of slowing the Allied advance, and a more overarching purpose--to force a split in the alliance between Great Britain, the U.S., and France (Hitler had convinced himself that this was possible, and that a defeat at this stage of the war would provoke a dissolution of the unified forces facing
Battle 1: Britian
They then concentrated on destroying the RAF, before turning their attention to the destruction of London A key event in the Battle of Britain (known as Battle of Britain Day) took place on 15th September 1940.
The Battle of Britain is about to begin.” The first German bombing raids took place on 10th July 1940.
On this day, Germany launched a massive assault on London and filled the skies with a large number of bombers and fighter planes.
Although exact figures are hard to come by, it is thought that about 1000 RAF planes were shot down in the Battle of Britain.
Battle 2: Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge
It had been 4 ½ years since France had fallen; almost 3 since the U.S. had been dragged in; and almost 6 months since D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France, the biggest invasion in human history and the supposed 'beginning of the end' for Hitler's 'Fortress Europe.' But then, in December, the German army--which was supposed to be as good as defeated--roared back to life, launching one of the largest offensives of the entire war against the overextended U.S. and British forces. …show more content…
Instead, Hitler called for a massive assault, with a general goal of slowing the Allied advance, and a more overarching purpose--to force a split in the alliance between Great Britain, the U.S., and France (Hitler had convinced himself that this was possible, and that a defeat at this stage of the war would provoke a dissolution of the unified forces facing