The Battle of Britain Was The First Defeat For The German Luftwaffe.

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Originally Posted by Icebear

Less than one year after the "Battle of Britain" Germany attacked Russia on June/21/1941 with 3 million soldiers, 3350 tanks, 7300 artillery guns and about 2000 aircrafts! IMO the Brits were just lucky that Hitler was an old lag and a hopeless ingenuous idiot who simply understimated the risk of a war on two frontlines and the importance of the "USS Great Britain". Fighting the WWI he should have been aware of this.

On the other hand; thank god that the Brits were lucky !

P.S.: But it seems they spend all their luck at that time cause as far as I know they still have no chance to win a penalty shootout against Germany

Awesome numbers for sure but tanks and guns are not much use without air superiority. Goering was under such huge pressure to deliver on his promises that I don't believe for a second that he held back any air assets for the next big adventure. He would have thrown as many pilots and aircraft into battle as possible at the time to secure the victory he needed. I don't buy the argument that this was just a half hearted side show. They really meant business and the RAF can be proud to have prevented them from achieving their objective.