This is the map of where the skilled pilots flew though the sky. As you can see they flew over and bombed a lot of towns, including: Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Nottingham, Cardiff and Bristol. In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces fought in the skies over the United Kingdom and became the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date.
A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to obtain air superiority over the Royal Air Force, despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and ultimately, its civilian population. Britain’s victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces while proving that air power, alone, could be used to win a major battle, as most of the battle of Britain was fought though the sky.103 pilots were killed and 128 injured out of over 1,000 people only 769 survived with out injuries.The Hawker Hurricane fighter plane shot down the most enemy planes in the battle of Britain.After the Dunkirk evacuation occurred and the French surrendered on June 22nd, 1940, Adolf Hitler became persistent on invading the Soviet Union. He believed that the British would quickly come to terms and did not make the invasion of Great Britain a priority at the time. Despite the UK Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) preferring a negotiated peace with Germany, the new British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, refused to consider an armistice with Hitler. On July 11th, Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine told Hitler than an eventual invasion of Great Britain would require full air superiority and should only be considered as a last resort with many of the German Navy ships being sunk during the Norwegian Campaign. Less than a week later, Hitler ordered the preparation of a plan to invade Britain that he hoped would frighten the country into coming to the peace table. All preparations were to be completed by August and resulted in the Battle of Britain commencing in July of that year.
A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to obtain air superiority over the Royal Air Force, despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and ultimately, its civilian population. Britain’s victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces while proving that air power, alone, could be used to win a major battle, as most of the battle of Britain was fought though the sky.103 pilots were killed and 128 injured out of over 1,000 people only 769 survived with out injuries.The Hawker Hurricane fighter plane shot down the most enemy planes in the battle of Britain.After the Dunkirk evacuation occurred and the French surrendered on June 22nd, 1940, Adolf Hitler became persistent on invading the Soviet Union. He believed that the British would quickly come to terms and did not make the invasion of Great Britain a priority at the time. Despite the UK Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) preferring a negotiated peace with Germany, the new British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, refused to consider an armistice with Hitler. On July 11th, Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine told Hitler than an eventual invasion of Great Britain would require full air superiority and should only be considered as a last resort with many of the German Navy ships being sunk during the Norwegian Campaign. Less than a week later, Hitler ordered the preparation of a plan to invade Britain that he hoped would frighten the country into coming to the peace table. All preparations were to be completed by August and resulted in the Battle of Britain commencing in July of that year.