Why was the battle of Britain a major turning point of World War 2?

It wasn't Even a victory by the Axis in the BoB would have left Britain un-invaded Germany lacked the landing craft and other necessities for a successful invasion in 1940 A lot of ink has been wasted by the British on just how fantastic their victory was and how it saved the world. In reality it did nothing to alter the shape of the conflict or the outcome By the way, one of the great myths of the BoB was that the British outfought the German pilots, I suppose by use of that famous stiff upper lip. Actually in combat where the terms were similar for each side the Germans almost always came out on top.

Battles over the English Channel, for example, were lopsided in Germany's favor by about 3:2. Even later, in 1943 battles over Germany, when the English had vast amounts of free American fuel, with Germany stretched to breaking due to the Russian campaign, the German's achieve a remarkable kill rate of 1:1, bomber to lost fighter plane. Such an attrition rate would have doomed most air campaigns (bombers being five to ten times as costly as fighters) and true enough, the British nearly abandoned their campaign.

Likely, they would have, had the Americans not continued to finance their war effort.

Two Luftwaffe officers, make the war's most audacious attempt to escape from a British POW camp. Heinz Schnabel and Oblt. Harry Wappler were prisoners in Camp No.15 near Penrith, Northumbria.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.

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