Battle of Britain and the Blitz
Battle of Britain; the Blitz and air-raid precautions.
Overview
If Hitler was going to invade Britain, his Luftwaffe would
have to FIRST, Hitler attack the radar stations - his FIRST MISTAKE was that they were not knocked out. SECOND, he attacked the RAF fighter planes ('dogfights'). After almost a month, the Luftwaffe was winning - many British pilots had been killed and the rest were exhausted. BUT THEN, too soon, he made his SECOND MISTAKE and spent a few nights bombing London - giving the RAF time to recover. When he tried a huge daylight raid on 15 September (Battle of Britain day), the RAF won. FINALLY, Hitler switched to night bombing ('the Blitz'). This was his THIRD MISTAKE. It wrecked London, but it did nothing to win the war because it did NOT break the Londoners morale
Facts Battle of Britain 1. Hitler called his campaign to conquer Britain: 'Operation Sealion'.
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Blitz 1. Many people built a corrugated iron 'Anderson' shelter in their gardens.
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3. During air raids the ARP enforced the
'Blackout'
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