The Battle of Britain

     

Exam Practice (click here for the full markscheme)

Why produced? (markscheme)

Poster published by the government during the war.

  

Why was Source A published?   Use Source A and your own knowledge to answer the question.

   

  

Extraction from a Source (markscheme)

Headline from 16 Sept. 1940.    In fact, only about 69 enemy planes were destroyed.  

  

What does Source B tell us about the air battle of 15 September 1940?

   

  

Utility (markscheme)

How useful is Source B to an historian studying the air battle of 15 September 1940?   Use Source B and your own knowledge to answer the question.

   

  

Evaluation of an Interpretation (markscheme)

Winston Churchill, speaking in the House of Commons, 20 August 1940

The gratitude of every home… goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world war by their prowess and by their devotion.   Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

  

Is the view given in Source C an accurate interpretation of the Battle of Britain?   Use Source C and your own knowledge to answer the question.

      

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