How did Britain win the Battle of Britain

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How did Britain win the Battle of Britain?
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Lesson overview
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How to deal with Britain?
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• Britain potential ally
• Hitlers main aim was to defeat USSR and create
  Lebensraum
• Blitzkrieg tactics wouldnt work
• British navy very strong
• Threat from RAF

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What do you think Hitlers plan was?
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What was Operation Sealion?

• Codename for Nazi invasion of Britain
• Bomb RAF stations
• Hermann Goering, Head of Luftwaffe
• Messerschmitt fighter planes, Stuka dive bomber
• Experienced pilots, not reservists

Hermann Goering
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Beginnings of Battle of Britain
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Example of a dog fight
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? Your task

• Create a table similar to the one below and
  complete it with evidence drawn from your reading
  of War Peace, pp. 162-3. Write a short
  paragraph explaining why the RAF won and why the
  Luftwaffe lost the Battle of Britain.

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? Extension task

• Write an imaginary interview with a Battle of
  Britain pilot. Use the task sheet to help you
  structure your ideas.

Battle of Britain role play