Battle Of Britain Begins Germans Begin Bombing Of London July August 1940

The battle of britain begins on this day in 1940 the germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against great britain as the battle of britain which will last three and a half.
Battle of britain begins germans begin bombing of london july august 1940. On august 8 the luftwaffe intensified its raids against the ports in an attempt to draw the british air fleet out into the open. 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 final meeting of the generals took place on august 6th where they were informed of goering s plans and it was on this day august 8th 1940 that he issued the official order that the first phase of the invasion of britain was about to begin. Simultaneously the germans began bombing britain s sophisticated radar defense system and raf fighter airfields.
The battle of britain was a military campaign of the second world war in which the royal air force defended the united kingdom against large scale attacks by nazi germany s air force the luftwaffe. During august as many as 1 500 german aircraft crossed the channel daily. It was the first battle in history that was fought almost entirely by air forces. On august 1 he gave the order the german air force is to overcome the british air force with all means at its disposal and as soon as possible thus the battle of britain began.
On this day the germans began a series of daylight attacks on coastal convoys attempting to reach london along the english channel. British accounts consider the battle of britain to have started on 10 july. The blitz begins as germany bombs london on september 7 1940 300 german bombers raid london in the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing. This bombing blitzkrieg lightning war.