Battle Of Britain Research Paper

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few” are Winston Churchill’s words on the Battle of Britain. Great Britain’s allies, Belgium, Netherlands, and France, had all fallen under the the might of Germany, and Britain would stand alone against them. The campaign was a truly historical conflict; it was “the first time that an air force alone tried to break the enemy’s will and capacity to resist” (Vail 27). The Battle of Britain was one of Britain’s finest moments. The Battle of Britain was to be the prelude to the main invasion of Great Britain. Britain was standing alone against one of the strongest military forces in history. Hitler thought that Britain would surrender. He didn’t see why they would kept up a fight against such …show more content…
The Royal Air Force, RAF, who are Britain’s air force, had a shortage of pilots, and it would prove to be something quite agonizing. The Luftwaffe, the German air force, had more planes, but it was not ready for long range operations that they needed during the Battle of Britain. The main fighter planes in the Royal Air Force’s arsenal were the Supermarine Spitfires and the Hawker Hurricanes. The Spitfires were more easily maneuverable and less heavily armored than the Hurricanes, so the British used the tactics of letting the Spitfires take on the German fighter escorts, and the Hurricanes attacked the German bombers. The two planes of the Luftwaffe were the Messerschmitt and Junkers dive bombers. The Messerschmitt Bf 109F fighter could only be operated by an expert pilot. The RAF commander was Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, and the Luftwaffe’s was Hermann Göring. England had many advantages over Germany. First, they were fighting on home land where they could rescue pilots who were shot down or bailed out and could quickly rejoin their comrades. The Luftwaffe on the other hand would have hard hard time rescuing their pilot, and the pilots

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