Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain was caused when Germany had captured almost every country in Europe; Britain was the only country that had a big enough force to stand a chance of still resisting them. Germany’s plan was to try and destroy the Britain Air Force by bombing.  At first, Germany tried destroying small towns on the southern coast, and they found out that the British Air Force was very strong.  So they turned their attention to the Air Force by destroying runways and radar stations, but the British kept fighting back at Germany.  Hitler was furious that it was taking too long to conquer Britain, so Germans started bombing important cities like London.

On Sept.15, 1940, Germany thought they were close to victory, so they planned a large bombing attack on London, but Britain fought back.  The British Royal Air Force scattered the German bombers and shot down a number of planes.  It was clear that Germany was not close to victory. After more raids and attacks, Germany realized that they couldn’t destroy the British Air Force.  So they retreated, and Britain won, signaling the first defeat for Germany.