Battle of Britain Forces Allies side Great Britain
Battle of Britain
Forces �Allies side = Great Britain Leaders: Hugh Dowding Keith Park Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Forces cont. �Axis side = Germany, Italy �Leaders Hermann Goering Albert Kesselring
Location �Air raids over Great Britain �Primarily in coastal cities and cities with aircraft factories
Timeline �Officially started on July 10, 1940 �Main attacks did not occur until August 13 �Hilter called them off in October of 1940, planning on returning in the spring but never did
Axis Objectives �Looking to destroy Britain’s Air Force so that they could full out attack them �Goal of getting Britain to surrender
Allies’ Objectives �Fighting for survival as the attacks were on their soil �Knowing the importance if the Germans would win towards the outcome of the war
Axis Strategy �Bombing the coastal airfield �Bomb radar stations �Followed by the main land airfields �Eventually bombing the cities looking for a surrender
Allies Strategy �Use the divide and conquer technique �Use small constant groups of fighters to divide the Axis planes and pick them off one by one
Outcome �Great Britain was considered the winner because they didn’t surrender, which is considered as the first major victory for the Allies �Great Britain death count was 23, 002 people �Axis lost 1, 652 aircrafts and not as many people as their civilians were not involved.
Wrap-up �How did final outcome influence both the Allies and the Axis sides? �How was this war different from the previous ones fought in WWII?
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