July 2nd - July. 24th 1. The Chronology - Page- 2. Tuesday July 2nd to Wednesday July 2. With the Battle of France now over, it was obvious where Germany's next plan of action would lie. Although. Hitler was preoccupied with his thoughts on Russia, it was on 2nd. July 1. 94. 0 that he ordered a study to be made regarding the currentpossibilities of an invasion of Britain. Although many believe that evenbefore or during the early part of the war, Hitler was in possession ofplans regarding an invasion of Britain. The truth is, Germany never regarded. Britain as a natural enemy and even during the Battle of France, no planshad been made in relation to an invasion of Great Britain. Goering hadsubmitted a Luftwaffe Directive earlier, but was only directed at industrialand RAF targets on a minor scale, but it did include the following: When, in a full state of readiness the. Luftwaffe will aim. To Jack's MIDI Music Many But Not Nearly All Of My On-Line MIDI Tunes With Credits And Descriptions The S's - Page 2. Please Click Your Refresh Or Reload Button If. Explore best movies of 1940-1949. Follow direct links to watch top films online on Netflix, Amazon and iTunes. Ethel Waters first sang it at The Cotton Club night club in Harlem in 1933 and recorded it. On February 11th 1990 a reunion for descendants of passengers who arrived on the 'Java' which berthed at Glenelg on February 6th, 1840, was held in the gardens of. So long as the enemy air forceremains in being, the supreme principal of air warfare must be to attackit at every possible opportunity by day and by night, in the air and onthe ground with priority over other tasks. Just two weeks later, after a complete studyof the possibilities of an invasion of Britain, Hitler made the officialannouncement on July 1. Germany would make an invasion of Britain through his Directive No. Units of the Air Force will act as artillery, and units of the navyas engineers. Thepossible advantages of limited operations before the general crossing (e. Isle of Wight or the county of Cornwall) are to beconsidered from the points of view of each branch of the Armed Forces andthe results reported to me. Matthew 14:22-33 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Walks on the Water. 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the. 16 Modest Mussorgsky Life Dates: 1839-1881 Nationality: Russian Period: Romantic . Title Length Color Rating : Dark Stormy Night - Dark Stormy Night It was a dark and stormy night. The rain came down in torrents. I reserve the decision to myself. Preparationsfor the entire operation must be completed by the middle of August. Thepreparations must also create such conditions as will make a landing in. England possible, the English Air Force must be reduced morally and physicallythat it is unable to deliver any significant attack on the German crossing. Theinvasion will bear the code name . Butthe 'Battle of Britain' was more than that, it was the support of the wholeof Great Britain's Defence Force, it was the support of the Anti- Aircraft. Command, Coastal Command and Bomber Command, the Royal Observer Corps andthe home based Civil Defence Force. We must also include the Royal Navyfor the support that they gave and to the British Army who by now gaveno thought about their withdrawal from Dunkirk and fought under some terribleconditions in the defence of Britain. Germany, in herintended invasion were to be the aggressors and invaders, Britain would be the defenders of their island. There was no waythat the guns of the anti- aircraft units could defend the country alone,even with the inclusion of the Royal Navy in the Channel, complete defenceof the country would not be possible. There was only one war machine thatcould be placed in the front row of defence, and that was Dowding's Fighter. Command. Not only could the planes and pilots of Fighter Command stop theadvance of the German Luftwaffe, but no one understood the role of thefighter plane and Fighter Command more than the man who created it,Lord . Ironically, Dowding was due for retirement on July. Air Chief Marshall Newall had earlier written to him asking himto delay his retirement until the end of October. Dowding agreed, and thisquiet, often unliked man was to become the spearhead and heart of Fighter. Command during the months that followed. It is also between these two dates that all aircrewthat were serving under the operational control of Fighter Command of the. RAF were entitled to wear the Battle of Britain Star and the 'Rosette andclasp' on their medal ribbons indicating that they flew at least one operationalsortie between these two dates. Official war records indicate thatthe Battle of Britain was divided into four phases. The Phases of. Battle. It has always been a point of controversyas to how many phases there were in the Battle of Britain. At least in. Britain all historians agree that the Battle of Britain commenced on July. Like a book that is broken into chapters, the Battle of Britainwas broken up into phases, with each phase depicting a different approachto combat attack and defence. Some historians claim that there were fourphases in the battle while others make claim to it consisting of five.
Officially, there are no official phases, those listed in the many historicalreference books on the battle, are how the author/s see the Battle of Britainfrom their own perspective. Richard Townshend Bickers in Battle. Diary - Battle of Britain claims that there were four phases. Phase 1: Aug 8 - Aug 1. Phase 2: Aug. 19 - Sept 5. Phase 3: Sept 6 - Oct 5. Phase 4: Oct 6 - 3. Norman Franks in Fighter Command Lossesalso claims there were four phases but with different dates. Phase 1: July 1. 0 - Aug 7. Phase 2: Aug. 8 - Sept 6. Phase 4: Oct 1 - Oct 3. Derek Wood & Derek Dempster in the. Narrow. Margin claim that there were five phases. Phase 1: July 1. 0- Aug 7. Phase 2: Aug 8- 2. Phase 3: Aug 2. 4- Sept 6. Phase 5: Oct 1- 3. Len Deighton in Fighter- The True Storyof The Battle of Britain claims four phases. Phase 1: July 1. 0 - Aug 1. Phase 3: Aug 2. 4 - Sept 6. Phase 4: Sept 7 - 1. John Ray, Battle of Britain - New Perspectivesuses only three phases in his book. Phase 1: July 1. 0 - Aug 1. Phase 2: Aug. 19 - Sept 7. Sept 7 - Oct 1. 6. All these authorities have excellent reasonsfor quoting the dates as they have done, and after reading their material. I can see good reason as to why they have quoted the above dates in theirbooks. I agree with John Ray in his statement that did the battle begineither in late June or the fall of France because airmen killed or woundedfrom those dates to what is regarded as the first day of the battle on. July 1. 0th 1. 94. My own opinionis that Germany turned their attentions to attack and invade Britain assoon as the battle of France was over, and as Winston Churchill announced. And he was right. The following phases are broken into thedifferent tactics and scenarios that took place between the official datesof the Battle of Britain and these compare favorably with the dates suggestedby Norman Franks and are also very close to the dates given by Wood and. Dempster with the exception that they have broken phase two into two phases,which is understandable because phase two was an exceptionally hard phaseon the Royal Air Force. Phase 1. Smaller raids, and a numberof German reconnaissance aircraft were spotted along the east coast whileother nuisance raids took place in the north. During this phase, Londonremained unscathed, in fact many Londoner's went about their business asusual as if there was no war on at all, the only reminder that their countrywas at war was the AA gun emplacements, the barrage balloons, an occasionalsearchlight and of course purchasing restrictions and the supply of Anderson. Shelters to the majority of backyards and gardens. Most of these attacks in the Channel wereon the merchant convoys conveying much needed coal, raw materials, machineryand foodstuffs to Britain. By sinking these merchant ships Germany woulddeny the British people of the various commodities required just for theirsheer existence. But at the same time, by attacking these channel convoys,it was hoped that it would draw out the British fighters from their bases. This way the Luftwaffe could analyze the strength of the RAF, determinethe speed and efficiency that the RAF could deploy its squadrons, in otherwords, Germany was testing the efficiency and strength of the Royal Air. Force and it was hoped that the Luftwaffe would destroy the RAF in theair. Spasmodic bombing raids continued throughoutthis first phase on such places as Portsmouth, Falmouth, Swansea, Newcastleand Merseyside, but these raids were not consistent like the channel convoyraids. Phase 2. Itwas during this phase, that German intelligence reported back to Berlinthat the RAF total strength had now been seriously depleted and that withcontinued attacks the Luftwaffe would have command of the skies over the. Channel and in Southern England. Hitler then issued his directive No. It was during this phase that Fighter. Command was stretched to the limit. Phase 3. Attacks by massed formationsof bombers never before seen in the skies escorted by twice as many fightersbrought the war now closer than ever to the residents of the great capital. Heavy bomb concentrations of the industrial factories and the dock areasof London's . Further attacks on RAF airfieldswould continue although on a lesser scale than in phase two, but the daylightbombing of London would continue until the end of the month, where it wouldgive way to heavy night bombing that was planned to continue for as longas it takes, or until the city and its people were bombed into submission. Phase 4. Throughout September he kept the thrust ofhis heavy bombers mainly on London, but many other industrial centres sufferedas well, but at a high attrition rate to the Luftwaffe. They continuedto suffer heavier losses than the RAF and this they could not afford todo. The earlier plan to destroy Fighter Commandhad failed miserably, still the British fighters defended their capitaleven though considerable damage was being done, so in late September . But night bombing attacks on London and other cities and industrialcentres was to continue. But the German Luftwaffesaw it a little differently. They do agree that the Battle of Britain commencedon July 1. London on the night of May 1. Battle of Britain. The dates of the first four phases are very similarto those recorded by Britain, but they added a fifth phase that took placefrom November 1st 1. February 8th 1. 94. A sixth phase was also added between February. May 1. 1th 1. 94. In theory they may be correct, but the Battle of Britain wasall about the Luftwaffe attempt to making an all out attack on Britainby first annihilating the RAF from the skies. There was no waythat Germany could effectively make an invasion of Britain without firstdestroying its defences.
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