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How Did Britain Dominate Germany In 1940

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Germany was forbidden military air forces by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, but it invaded many European countries in world war two by the decisive help of the air power, Luftwaffe. German declared the war on Poland on September 1st 1939 announced world war two (in European) began. France and United Kingdom then declared war on Germany as allies.As France surrendered on on 22 June 1940, Britain became the last defense to avoid Europe Continent falling to enemy occupation.The leader of Britain is Winston Churchill,who is the prime minister of Britain. The leader of Nazi Germany is Adolf Hitler. First of all, Germany wanted Britain to sign a peace treaty and Britain refused. After France failed, Germany pressured Britain to agree to a negotiated peace. …show more content…

At that time, Germany had already got many territories in European, so they could attack Britain from almost all the directions.This was the battle between British airforce RAF and German airforce Luftwaffe. Hitler agreed that invasion would be a last resort, destruction of the RAF was the first priority. The Luftwaffe faced a more capable opponent than any it had previously met, a sizeable, highly coordinated, well-supplied, modern air force. Germany blocked Britain and clear the way to cut off the seaborne supplies to Britain.Britain got good develop for the technology.The invention of radar was invaluable to the battle, it allowed Britain to track incoming German warplanes and gave Fighter Command,sufficient time to get airborne and attack them. It’s like the eye of RAF. Reconnaissance aircraft proved easy prey for British fighters, as it was seldom possible for them to be escorted by Bf 109s. Thus, the Luftwaffe operated "blind" for much of the battle, unsure of its enemy's true strengths, capabilities, and deployments. British overestimated German aircraft production, numbers and range of aircraft available, and numbers of Luftwaffe

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