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1939-41 The Battle of Britain - More Color Shots

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1939-41 The Battle of Britain - More Color Shots

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1939-41 The Battle of Britain - More Color Shots

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http://digilander.libero.it/romanoarchives/ http://www.webalice.it/romanoarchives Mix of German and British color footage about the Battle of Britain. Music score (Demo Only) added in 2008 by ROMANO-ARCHIVES performed by Kahvi (Abyssal Plains - Far Away). Editing by ROMANO-ARCHIVES. "SUBSCRIBING to this Channel is a MUST for researchers and RARE HISTORICAL FOOTAGE fans!!!" V.

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WWll in Colour-The Battle of Britain and the Blitz Over London

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WWll in Colour-The Battle of Britain and the Blitz Over London

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WWll in Colour-The Battle of Britain and the Blitz Over London

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Battle of Britain - Shelter in London's Underground

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Battle of Britain - Shelter in London's Underground

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East-end Londoners were undergoing unbelievable anguish as the Blitz continued. Many had homes without cellars, which caused people to panic.

Between September and November of 1940, London was bombed over three hundred times. People without shelters were still determined "to stick it out." Seeking safety, they flocked - night after night - to London's underground train stations.

One day, Jack Hewitt - a first-aid officer from Dover - heard the cry of a baby coming from the rubble of two destroyed homes. Able to pull the six-month-old girl (whose name was Jean Amos) out of the wreckage, Hewitt was emotionally overcome. It was, he says years later, the only time he cried during the war.

As the London Blitz went on and on, parents started to think their children might be safer outside Britain. Hundreds of thousands had been evacuated to the country, but now children were also leaving for Canada.

One ship left Liverpool, with Bess Walder Cummings (then fifteen) and her nine-year-old brother aboard. The fate of their vessel - the SS City of Benares - would soon become an infamous story of war.

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Battle of Britain - Shelter in London's Underground

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East-end Londoners were undergoing unbelievable anguish as the Blitz continued. Many had homes without cellars, which caused people to panic. Between September and November of 1940, London was bombed over three hundred times. People without shelters were still determined "to stick it out." Seeking safety, they flocked - night after night - to London's underground train stations.

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Britain had RADAR which gave them early warning of the approaching German planes. Which allowed them to launch their fighter planes to intercepted the bombers.

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1. The Germans fought too far away from their bases so that refueling and rearming were impossible. The German fighters had a very limited time which they could spend over Britain before their fuel got too low.

2. British fighters could land, refuel and rearm and be in the air again very quickly.

3. The change of targets was crucial. It is now believed that Fighter Command was perhaps only 24 hours away from defeat when the attack on the cities occurred. The breathing space this gave Fighter Command was crucial.

4. The Hurricane and Spitfire (above) were exceptional planes - capable of taking on the might of the Luftwaffe.

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German military strategy to win the battle

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German military strategy to win the battle

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Target all shipping centers, airfields, and cities like London.

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Admin. “Il Duce’s Blitz? — Italy’s Role in the Battle of Britain.” Military History Now. Military History Now, 13 Nov. 2013. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.

“Battle of Britain”. HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Web.

“Battle of Britain.” History.com.uk. History, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.

The Battle of Britain Historical Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
The Reader’s Companion to Military History. Edited by Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker.

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The groups and leaders involved in the fighting.

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The groups and leaders involved in the fighting.

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The Battle of Britain was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe (commanded by Hermaan Göring) aided by the Corpo Aereo Italiano (commanded by Air Marshal Rino Corso Fougier) fighting against the British Royal Air force (headed by Sir Hugh Dowding’s Fighter Command) which raged over Britain between July and October 1940.

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Italy takes part in the Battle of Britain

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Italy takes part in the Battle of Britain

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Corpo Aereo Italiano (CAI) or “Italian Air Corps”, began arriving at airfields in Nazi-occupied Belgium as early as Sept. 10, 1940. Not a major contributor to the 1940 air campaign against Britain, Italy did volunteer as many as 170 planes to the effort.

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Italian fighter

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Italian fighter

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Italian aircraft used in the Battle of Britain

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Italian aircraft used in the Battle of Britain

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Italian medium bomber

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British fighter

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British aircraft used in the Battle of Britain

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British aircraft used in the Battle of Britain

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British fighter

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German fighter

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German heavy fighter

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German aircraft used in the Battle of Britain

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German aircraft used in the Battle of Britain

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German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft

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German multirole combat aircraft

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German  fast medium bomber

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German light bomber

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German light bomber

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Destroy Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command.

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To stop the Germans from invading the United Kingdom

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Over the sky of Great Britain. The battle, which was the first major military campaign in history to be fought entirely in the air, was the result of a German plan to win air superiority over Southern Britain and the English Channel by destroying the British air force and aircraft industry.

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A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and, ultimately, its civilian population. Britain’s decisive victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces while proving that air power alone could be used to win a major battle (History.com Staff).

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Germany planned to make an invasion of Great Britain, but to do this the Luftwaffe had to destroy RAF Fighter Command before the German invasion forces could make the channel crossing.

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The battle received its name from a speech Winston Churchill delivered to the British House of Commons on June 18, 1940, in which he stated "The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin (History.com Staff)."

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By Nazi Germany