The Importance of the Battle of Britain In World War Two

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The Importance of the Battle of Britain In World War Two In this essay I will explain why I think The Battle of Britain was the most important turning point in World War Two. I think this because although there was many turning points that were important to the direction the war took, The Battle of Britain showed for the first time that Hitler and the Nazis could be defeated and if Germany had won the battle, Britain and possibly the world would be a completely different place than we know it today. Hitler before the Battle of Britain in August 1940 had conquered most of Central Europe including France, Poland, Holland and Belgium. One of his reasons for doing this was one of his policies called 'Lebensraum' (living space) Hitler believed that a country should have an amount of land in proportion to it's size. For example, a country has 1million people and another country has 2 million people, the country that has 1 million people should have an amount of land half the size of the larger population country. In the summer of 1940 Hitler turned towards Britain. He wanted to occupy Britain because there would then be no threat from the west allowing the Nazis to turn their sight on the USSR, a vast country. Hitler planned an invasion on Britain (no invasion of Britain had been successful for a thousand years) called 'Operation Sea lion (Sealowwe). In this attack he would cross the English Channel in flat-bottomed vessels and land on the south coast of England. The problem with flat-bottomed boats is that they need calm water to work effectively. The planed invasion didn't go ahead due to bad weather. An aerial attack was planned to pre... ... middle of paper ... ...means it effected everyone in the country. The war was now being brought to Britain and they were now on the defending country which hasn't been the case for many years. Furthermore, Britain would be a completely different place than as we know it today. Who knows what the Nazis would have done after taking Britain, they could possibly have successfully invaded the USSR, a vast country stretching into Asia. And after that? I'll let you think about that. I can say though that the Battle of Britain was an incredibly important event, not just in World War Two but in the history of Britain and even the world. After learning a great deal about The Battle of Britain, I undoubtedly agree with what Winston Churchill said about the great victory, 'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so may to so few.1'

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