Strategies of Battle of Britain

This battle is between Germany and Great Britain. As we know each country should have a strategy in which they could succeed. These strategies have many advances in technology.

Germans wanted to invade Britain, so they had to have all the control in the air over the English Channel, otherwise the Royal Navy would be able to destroy their invasion and reached to the shore. Because of these the troops would have suffered heavy casualties, and the invasion stop. The Luftwaffe’s knowledge of the air was vital to any plan of invasion that would be successful for crossing the Channel, for preventing British aircraft or ships to interfere in the operation.

Something that stands out is that each German Navy, Army and Air Force hade their own ideas as to where invade or when. It seems that there has been not cooperation between these forces.

When Germans attack British people have also a big strategy. They put radar masts and attach the stations on the south coast, damaging them. But Germans could attack because of the Luftwaffe, they prove the British defenses before they made the big attack.

Also Germany decided to put the troops on the French coast, the raids were increasing against the South coast of England. German people made a second plan with the Luftwaffe they were ready to used it. The goal was to destroy the RAF, in South East England. To put weight on the British defenses.

This pattern continues for some time and the situation was more desperate. The Spitfire and Hurricane could easily take off from grass fields, but the maintenance and spares supply situation became dangerously stretched. Despite this the crews kept their fights as combat, winning the battle on the ground.

Many people made suggestions of what to do with the fighters, finally they decided to pulled them back north of the Thames, it was effectively because it brought air superiority.

In conclusion, we can see that the both, Germany and Great Britain had many strategies. However Germany was the one that had more strategies, and also this one’s succeed. Something that stands up was that Germany changed their strategies many times due that it may not succeed at that point. By changing them the Germans could succeed.

By: Valeria Gomez