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britain |
RAF fighter command under air chief marshal sir hugh dowding |
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germany |
luftflotten 2 under field marshal albert kesselring luftflotten 3 under field marshal hugo sperrle |
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radar |
the battle of britain marked the first major use of radar, helping to secure britain's eventual victory |
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operation sealion |
following the evacuation of the BEF from dunkirk in 1940 hitler ordered the preparation of a plan for the invasion of GB- codenamed operation sealion |
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GB's naval superiority |
britain maintained it's naval superiority, and hitler knew an invasion of GB through water would be extremely ambitious - it would only be possible if germany could establish control through in the air as a battle zone |
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the Luftwaffe |
1,300 bombers and dive bombers 900 single engined fighters 300 twin engined fighters |
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the luftwaffe's weaknesses |
lack of consistent plan of action- destroyed ships, ports, cities and (attempted) to destroy fighter command british forces were well prepared |
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RAF stregnths |
radar and early warning technology most advanced and operationally adapted system in the world adequate notice as to when and where to direct forces for german targets |
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the spitfire |
best intercepting fighter deadly against german bombers german dive bombers were very vulnerable to being shot down by british fighters as they were working at the limit of their flying range over england |
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july 1940 |
the initial german attacks had been on the coast- ports and airfields across southern england from july 1940 these attacks began to move inwards- towards central towns and cities |
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eagle day directive |
plan of attack in which massive blows were to be dealt to british air power, opening the way for an invasion on the coast |
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8th august 1940 |
germans launch bombing attacks involving nearly 1,500 aircraft a day- directing them to airfields and radar stations |
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late august 1940 |
germany had lost nearly 600 aircraft, and the allies had only lost 200 but the allies were beginning to flag from the loss of experienced fighters and the severe damage to their radar stations |
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september 1940 |
RAF bomb berlin hitler redirects the bombing attacks towards the cities, giving the RAF a much needed breather however this did intensify the blitz on british cities |
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mid september 1940 |
GB had effectively won the battle of britain 17th september: hitler postpones operation sealion 'until further notice' |
