What important battles and events happened in world war 2 in the battle of britain?
The most important date in the Battle of Britain has to be 7th September as that was when the Luftwaffe switched there attacks from the airfields to British towns and cities. The plan was for the Luftwaffe to destroy the airfields in order to prevent RAF fighter planes from intercepting German bombers. However, the Germans switched targets too early. They believed they had knocked the RAF out of the war so set about bombing the cities believing that once the British public saw that its air force was unable to stop them then there would be calls to surrender. This gave Fighter Command time to repair planes and quickly train more pilots. Another important date is 15th September. In an attempt to crush British morale the Luftwaffe sent two massive waves of bombers and fighters. However, they were decisively repulsed by the RAF. On that day 60 German aircraft were shot down versus only 26 RAF. The German defeat caused Hitler to order, two days later, the postponement of preparations for th
The Battle of Bannockburn was a key battle in the history of Scotland. During Scottish independence, 1286 – 1370, many English castles were besieged and captured by the Scots. Stirling was among the few English castles remaining in Scotland by the year 1314. Edward II, brother of the king of Scotland, besieged Stirling castle. Nevertheless, the castle had a very strong defense which, combined with the fact that Edward had no siege equipment; made both Philip, the castle’s governor, and Edward arrange some terms. Firstly, Philip told him that if no relief arrived by midsummer’s eve; then he’d surrender the castle. Having sent a messenger to king Edward II of England, Philip waited for relief as his castle was more prone to starvation and defeat. King Edward II was happy to oblige because his father tried to have the Scots under his control. Edward II was able to gather an army of more than 40,000 units. It consisted of 2,500 knights, 750 bowmen and 500 heavy infantry; the rest was compo
