Battle Of Britain Blitzkrieg
The german blitzkrieg moved swiftly to the west and the south splitting the british and french defenders trapping the british army at dunkirk and forcing its evacuation from continental europe.
Battle of britain blitzkrieg. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. On september 7 1940 300 german bombers raid london in the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing. The raids followed the failure of the german luftwaffe to defeat britain s royal air force in the battle of britain july september 1940. The battle of britain took place against the nazi bomber and fighter planes in the skies over great britain during the summer of 1940 during a period when britain stood alone against them.
By september 1940 the luftwaffe had failed and the german air fleets were ordered to attack london to draw raf fighter command into. But the 7 september attack also came at the height of the battle of britain. The british officially recognise the battle s duration as being from 10 july until 31 october 1940 which overlaps the period of large scale night attacks known as the blitz that lasted from 7 september 1940 t. The date has always been taken as the start of the so called blitz from the german blitzkrieg or lightning war when for nine months german bombers raided britain s major cities.
It was fought in the skies over britain after france surrendered following the battle of france. The germans entered paris on june 14 and forced. The term was first used by the british press and is the german word for lightning. Battle of britain during world war ii the successful defense of great britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the german air force luftwaffe from july through september 1940 after the fall of france.
This bombing blitzkrieg lightning war would continue. The blitz september 1940 may 1941 nighttime bombing raids against london and other british cities by nazi germany during world war ii. The blitz was a german bombing campaign against the united kingdom in 1940 and 1941 during the second world war. The germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets towns and cities beginning with raids on london towards the end of the battle of britain in 1940.