Battle+of+Europe

=**BATTLES OF EUROPE/FRANCE/BRITAIN**= = = = = =**The Battle of Britain took place between Aug and sept 1940. After the success of Blitzkrieg,the evacuation of Dunkirk and the surrender of France,Britain was by herself. The Battle of Britain remains one of the most famous battles of WW2. The Germans needed to control the english channel so that the British Navy would not be able to attack her invasion barges which were scheduled to land on kent and sussex beaches. To control the channel the germans needed control of the air.This meant that they had to take fighter command, led by sir hugh downing,of the Royal air force.**= =At the start of the war,Germany had 4,000 aircraft compared to Britons front-line strength of 1,660. By the time of the Fall of France,the Luftwaffel (the germans air force) had 3,000 planes based in north-west Europe. Britain had a number of advantages over luftwaffel. Britain had Radar which gave us early warning of the approach of the german planes.By the spring of 1940,fifty-one radar bases had been built around the coast of southern britain. With the fall of France,only Britain remained to oppose the german advance.After London refused to begin peace talks. Hitler ordered planning to commence for a full invasion of the British Isles,code named operation sea lion.=
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=//**With France out of the war,Churchill moved to consolidate Britons position and ensure that captured French equipment,namely the French Navy's ships could not be used against the Allies. As planning for Operation sea lion moved forward, German military leaders decided that air superiority over Britain had to be attained before army landings could occur. During this time, the Zuflwaffel's bombers were to focus on destroying the raft's bases.**//=

=//**The fall of France also known as the Battle of France, was the invasion of Franc and the low countries by Nazi germany and began on May 10,1940. The battle lasted from 22 june 1940 and was a major victory for the Nazi. The previous operation involved the Nazi's cutting off and surrounding the Allied forces in Belgium and the latter involved the main attack on the larger territory of France. Eventually France would be divided into several occupation zones. The german occupation of Franc was essential to the Nazi so that they could continue to have access to certain supplies and materials.**//= 1)"world war 2 : The battle for western europe =**//The Battle of France was a bloody one. There was much resistance against the German invasions as the allied forces attempted to fend off the Nazi from entering the territory. It was originally thought that the Nazi could over take the region in just a few weeks.//**=



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