Battle-of-Britain

BattleofBritainAcombatoftheSecondWorldWar•Date10July–31October1940(3monthsand3weeks)•LocationBritishairspace•ResultDecisiveBritishvictoryBelligerents交战双方UnitedKingdomCanadaForeignpilotsfromPolandNewZealandCzechoslovakiaBelgiumBelgiumAustraliaSouthAfricaFranceIrelandUnitedStatesSouthernRhodesiaJamaicaBarbadosNewfoundlandNorthernRhodesiaBritishIndiaGermanyItalyUnitsinvolvedRoyalAirForceCanadaRoyalCanadianAirForceLuftwaffeCorpoAereoItalianoStrength1,963serviceable可供使用的aircraft2,550serviceableaircraft.Casualtiesandlosses544aircrew(RAFFighterCommand),718(RAFBomberCommand),280(RAFCoastalCommand)killed422aircrewwounded1,744aircraftdestroyed2585aircrewkilledandmissing,925captured抓获,735wounded1,977aircraftdestroyed,1,634incombatand343noncombatAround90,000civiliancasualties,40,000ofthemfatal致命的TheRoyalAirForce(RAF)defendedtheUnitedKingdom(UK)againsttheGermanAirForce(Luftwaffe)attacksfromtheendofJune1940HitlerthinkbombingofLondoncancausethenationalpanic,GermanymaynotneedthearmyandcouldforcetheBritishsurrenderOnSeptember7,625bomber,648fighterjetsandpursuitplanes驱逐机formahugefleet舰队acrosstheEnglishchannelfromdifferentdirectionsandheightstowardsLondonstraightlyWithinanhour,Germanhassuccessfullythrewmorethan300tonsofhighexplosive,LondonsuddenlybecameaseaoffireSeptember9Germanairforcesent200bomberforthesecondboomofLondon,whiletheroyalairforcehavsbeenreadyforrevenge,butfailed,andGermanseriouslybrokeuptheLondon'snormalworkorder,industrialproductioncapacitysharpeddownquickly.ThenthecitizenstookpartinthewarofmonitoringOnseptember15GermanstartedthethirdfighttowardsLondon,andUKtrytheirbesttodefendagainstGerman,andfinallyGermanescaped,WinstonChurchillsaidthisdayisthefirsteverexcitingdayinthehistory.Later,theUKdependSeptember15,astheBritishaircombatfestival,tocelebratethevictory.FromOctober1,GermanstartedtoattackLondonatnight,andLondonbecamethehellofdisasterforthesecondtime.Andfinally,thewarofBritaincametoanendbecauseGermanstartedattackingtheSovietunionThebattlemadeGermanfirsteverfeelthesenseoffailinEurope,anddestoryGermany'splantoconquertheBritishEND