The Battle of Britain

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This descriptive paper delves into the historic events that led to the Luftwaffe, the air battle between German and British forces.
Although Germany was initially successful in destroying the British RAF, and the country's aircraft industry, this paper explains in detail why its attempts proved to be totally unsuccessful in later stages as well as focuses on the strategy adopted by RAF to defend Britain.
Sections in this paper include:
Plan of Investigation
Summary of Evidence
Conclusion
References

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"When the Second World War broke out, Luftwaffe was the strongest Air Force in the battle field. In fact, Germans were the first to use jet fighters in the war. When the battle of Britain started, Luftwaffe had about 2800 aircrafts, which were placed in France, Norway, Belgium and Holland. In terms of size and technology, Luftwaffe was far better than RAF. However, RAF had an advantage of being close to their homeland, which allowed them to spend more time in enemy's territory. On the other hand, Luftwaffe were unable to conduct long range operations because they could stay over England for a maximum of half an hour. This aspect later proved to be a critical point in determining the final victory of RAF. It is also interesting to note that German pilots were more experienced as compared to their British counterpart."

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