The Importance Of The Battle Of Britain

“The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin” Winston Churchill. The Battle of Britain was an aerial battle between Great Britain and the Nazi’s, a battle between Churchill and Hitler, and a battle between the Royal Air Force (RAF) and The Luftwaffe. The Battle of Britain had an affect on World War II because of the Airstrikes on British cities, the first uses of the air force, and the Nazi’s first big loss. A major part of the Battle of Britain was the airstrike's by the Nazi’s on British cities. First Example is “The Battle of Britain was a fierce fight for control of the skies over southern England and the English Channel.” (Ralph.n.pg) As it states in this quote it is talking about the Battle of Britain …show more content…
One example that could have changed the results of this battle is “To actually win ‘The Battle’, what the Luftwaffe needed was not four-engine heavy bombers, but a much more robust and effective reconnaissance campaign during the weeks between the surrender of France and ‘Adlertag’ to better identify fighter command targets and more accurately estimate the strength of that command; much more realistic intelligence estimates of RAF losses, aircrafts production, and effective strength; and much more persistence in its attacks.” (Diddly, n.pg) This is stating that if the Luftwaffe had a better plane that it would have been the cure to the Nazi’s not losing, but we were lucky enough that they didn’t have those planes or we would be in a whole different world today. Another Example “The Battle of Britain defined what it meant to be British; a unified people that would not fall in the face of evil and certain death” (Thomas n.pg) This quote is stating that this win for the Great Britain was like the start of something new to their country and that they didn’t have before, a feeling of victory, if Britain was to lose this battle it would have changed history and the United States would have been in war with Germany (this later did happen but Hitler later ended up losing to the United States). In conclusion, the Battle of Britain was a big effect on World War II because The Luftwaffe attack on british cities, the RAF and the Luftwaffe, Britain's ways to victory.
“The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin” Winston Churchill.The Luftwaffe had lost and It was a victory for the Brits and this win was a big and first of many of losses for the