When PUsh Comes to Shove
In August 1940 the continent of Europe was all but conquered by the Nazis. There was no army left to fight the Germans on the Western front. Adolf Hitler's troops had pushed 340,000 English soldiers off the coast at Dunkirk, back across the channel to England. The British Isles was the only conquest left for the Nazi Empire. France had crumbled to the pressure of German blitzkrieg only months before, and the English were next on the list. The Battle of Britain in 1940-41, proved to be the first unsuccessful German campaign of World War II. According to the film, "Why We Fight," the battle was won not only over the skies of England by the Royal Air Force, but also by the people on the ground. The film argues that the English people's remarkable fortitude in the face of constant bombin
English systems of radar and listening posts were able to give the pilots warning of Luftwafe attacks. Hitler and his generals planned to develop Operation Sea Lion in three phases: First they needed to gain air superiority over the skies of Britain. " The film presents both the RAF and the "Civilian Army" as the reasons for Germany losing the Battle of Britain. g, was a main factor in keeping Nazi soldiers and panzers off the shores of Britain. The RAF made sure none of these objectives were effectively accomplished. Citizens worked the factories and war materials were still being made. They never fully gained air superiority over the RAF. Not one Nazi soldier crossed the English Channel, and the idea of German invincibility was debunked. Goering's flight crews were dropping like flies over the English skies. The Luftwafe lost 182 planes in the first four days of the Battle of Britain. This victory in the sky and on the homefront, served as the first step toward German surrender in 1945. London was bombed on a nightly basis, as people in the film sought cover in the underground shelters. As London burned, the people only seemed to grow stronger. Although there were nearly 40,000 English citizens killed during the infamous "Blitz", Hitler and the Nazis were stopped when push came to shove. Hitler wasn't able to stop the "Civilian Army" from persevering and maintaining an operating society.
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