An Investigation of Hitler’s Defeat at the Battle of Britain By: Jake Pilla Global History II 11-28-07 In 1940, German planes flew over Britain in an attempt to take over the country and tear apart the enemy’s alliance. Britain was surprised by this attack, but countered by shooting down at least twenty planes of the Luftwaffe, the Nazi air force, during the initial attack. Hitler sent waves of planes into Britain every day, trying to lower British morale; however, he did not expect Allied forces to send supplies to England.
United States and France sent planes to Britain, which were the most important factor of the Battle of Britain. British used the powerful Royal Air Force to fight off the invading Luftwaffe. Hitler called off the attacks on September 15, 1940 and retreated back to Germany in the Battle of Britain. Hitler was unsuccessful in conquering Britain because the British were on their home territory, they felt the need to win, Germany did not have enough war supplies needed coming from their allies, and the Royal Air Force had better technology, training, and more determined pilots.
When Hitler decided to attack and try to take over Britain he did not expect the country to retaliate as it did. Not only did the military forces fight, the citizens fought. They spent their time making war products and growing food. They kept their spirits high for their country, because “Britain has never been taken over, and the people did not want it to ever happen. ” The Britain’s wanted to stay free from Nazi control, and fought to keep their country free of it. People came by the hundreds signing up to be in the military so they could fight for Britain.
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Britain’s patriotism was at record highs for fear of the Nazi forces invading and taking over their beloved country, as Richard Hough said “when France joined in aiding Britain by sending planes and food, Britain’s moral shot up. ” Germany had no way to motivate themselves for a possible victory, because they were not fighting for something they loved. They were fighting because Hitler forced them to. All wars outcomes are dependent on who gas more desire to be victorious. Germany did not care if they won as long as they caused some trouble amongst the Allied Forces.
Britain, however, had all the determination in the world; they needed the win otherwise Britain would cease to exist. The determination was caused by Britain citizen’s patriotism and belief in their country, which Nazi Germany did not have, resulting in loosing the battle. The determination of the British lead to the need to increase trade with their allies, so they could get what they needed to win the battle. Axis Powers and Allied Powers were both in shortage of wartime supplies, which were the greatest weapons needed during the Battle of Britain.
Both the Germans and the British were in alliances with other countries. Hitler and Nazi Germany were part of the Axis Powers, which consisted of Germany, Japan, and Italy. However, Italy left after a devastating invasion in their country and Mussolini’s assassination. While Great Britain started their own alliance called the Allied Powers, which include: United States, France, Britain, Poland, Russia, Canada, and for some time Italy. These alliances had their similarities and their differences. The main difference was the Axis Powers all fought on their own fronts, and were constantly on low supply.
To worsen the situation Italy left after about two years in the war, allowing the Allied Powers only to have to deal with two enemies. Axis powers ran low on supplies, and asked their allies, however not realizing that they were both fighting. Japan and Germany both had to refuse to send supplies seeing as they needed as much as they could get. Japan and Germany, however, received little supplies from Italy before they left the Alliance, and from Turkey who was neutral throughout the war. Turkey sent soldier to fight their hated enemy the Soviet Union.
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Allied Powers had a multitude of allies and when in need of supplies such as food, scrap metal, and aircrafts, their allies would send what they could afford. After Poland and France were conquered they lost a percentage of their incoming supplies but, nevertheless, the United States sent even more. This allowed production of multiple planes and gave Britain more time to devise plans for a counter attack. The Royal Air Force had superior aircrafts, pilots, and training tactics, compared to the Luftwaffe. The war in Europe started in early September 1939. Germany, Adolf Hitler, took over Poland.
Britain and France countered by declaring war on Germany but did not take action for many months. In 1940, Germany attacked its next target, Denmark, and Norway. Soon after they invaded and successfully took over Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. All of these nations were conquered because of the Blitzkrieg or lightning war, technique. In the summer of 1940, Germany took Britain head on, this time from the air. The Battle of Britain turned out to be Hitler’s first military failure, as the Luftwaffe never could destroy the powerful Royal Air Force. Britain was slightly surprise by the attack, but was ready to fight in time.
Germany tried to blockade Britain but the powerful Royal Navy sunk German battleships and submarines. If Hitler could have pulled off a blockade “Britain would have been at a huge disadvantage, because they import a huge majority of their supplies. Germany took to the air to try and defeat the Royal Air Force without certain technological advances that were necessary to beat the Royal Air Force. ” Germany started their advances into Britain territory by sending small waves of fighters to shoot British planes down, but Germany did not expect Britain to send groups of planes with a bomber and two fighters along side it as wingmen.
The British bombers could take out tow to three planes depending on how close the German planes flew to each other. The German fighters, Messerschmitt Bf 109E, were slightly quicker at higher altitude and more fuel-efficient, with a more powerful engine than the British fighters. The Hurricane and Spitfire of the British were faster at lower altitudes, but could not dive from higher altitudes without the engine cutting out. The Messerschmitt Bf 109E had two quick shot 20mm cannons, which were superior compared to the Hurricane and Spitfire’s eight machine guns.
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The problem was that only the pilot could control the guns shots unlike the revolving machine guns on the Hurricane and Spitfire. The German planes had speed but the British planes had the upper hand in the dogfights. Germans were not interested in wasting their time in dogfights, they wanted to destroy the land with bombs and prevent the Royal Air Force from sending planes and attack. Soon after the initial attack German developed the Junkers Ju 87, a dive-bombers bomber, which they sent along with the waves of fighters.
These planes would fly at low altitudes so they could execute their bombing runs onto cities and buildings, especially airports and runways. The Junkers Ju 87 dive-bombers were extremely slow and had little protection against attacks, even worse the fighters could not successfully defend the bomber because of its slow speed and low altitude. The British used the radar developed by Dr. Robert M. Page of Britain in 1932. They used this monopulse radar to find out were German planes were and what they might be trying to do.
This advancement was used against the German’s to track enemy planes and destroy them. The Royal Air Force put huge emphasis on discipline and training. The commander of the Royal Air Force, at the time, was Sir H. C. T. “Stuffy” Dowding. He put importance on his tactics and the plan he devised to defeat the German assault. The sectors, comprised of an aerodrome with a leader, were the core of the sector, though they had satellite airfields to fly planes out. When ordered by their commander, the sector stations would unorganize their squadrons in the air.
Once airborne, the squadrons would be told by radio-telephone what to do. Squadrons could be ordered to check airports or engage enemy targets. Dowding used strategies like this to present to the Luftwaffe that the squadrons are confused and nervous, but when the Luftwaffe got in range Downding’s men would signal to attack, and they would tear apart the enemy. The Luftwaffe had no military leader with skill anywhere close to that of Dowding. The Royal Air Force destroyed all attacks by the Nazi forces, and finally ended the attacks on September 15, 1940.
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On October 31, 1940 German sent word of their retreat back to their territory, which ended German and Axis advances in the European front. The morale in Britain was unparalleled to any of any other country, which allowed substantial patriotism in Britain. Citizens felt the need to fight for their country no matter what the costs. The Axis Forces were short on supplies and had so few allies they could not support each other in time of turmoil. However, the Allied Powers had more than enough wartime supplies for the battle.
The Luftwaffe had some superior planes, but they were no match for the advanced strategy and planning tactics of Commander Dowding. Britain’s remarkable fighters and bombers eventually made the planes that Germany had, inferior. The radar was used for the benefit of Britain against Germany, which helped Britain see the German’s advances before they expected. Britain used the technology and ambassador skills to get what they needed to win the Battle of Britain over Hitler and Nazi Germany.
