The Battle of England, the battle which could have ended the War

The Battle of England

The battle of England was one of the crucial battles of World War II. It was a crucial battle because it decided who won the war in the "western front". In fact, if the British lost the battle, Europe would be a lot different that the one we have now. But let's go and see what happened in detail.

After the successfull invasion of France and the Dunkerque evacuation, what remained of the French, Belgian, Dutch and British Expeditionary Force's army was evacuated from France and sent to Britain in an attempt to not let the Germans take hundreds of thousands of POW's (prisoners of war). After the successfull invasion, many foreign pilots were incorporated into the Royal Air Force in foreign-only legions which played a crucial role in the battle.

The battle started the 10th of July 1940, one month after the invasion of France. Between July and September the Germans are very offensive and destroy the RAF, but between September and October, things chnge quickly. The German bombers fly without protection and are taken down by the RAF's planes, and british plane factories produce more planes than the one that Germany currently uses to bomb them. On the 31st of October, Winston Chruchill declared that the battle of England was won.

This important win was crucial for the war's continuing, because it stopped the Germans from invading the Soviet Union, making them invade it nearly one year after the battle. The British's victory was also a psychological victory because the army's moral was very high and they were willing to continue the fighting. 

There were two things that let the British win the battle: the SM Spitfire (the most efficient fighter plane in the world) and the newly-invented Radar, which could find German planes and send a unit to take them down. These two inventions were crucial for what happened next in the war.