Who won the battle of britan?

Anarchy99

It depends on how you determine victory!
Germany defeated Great Britain in the Battle of Britain,
they maintained there independence because of US intervention!

icaruscatfish

I don't agree with Russ. The Germans gave up their plans to invade Britain because they could not eliminate the threat posed by the RAF. Have to say it was a british win.

Farmer Phil

According to Hollywood, those ingnorant yanks......they also won the Battle of Hastings, Battle of Bosworth Field, 100 Years War and Marston Moor

jetstream.driver

Royal Air Force, RAF

domme me

the battle of britain was the name given to the intensive german (luftwaffe) raids to try and get air superiority over the RAF. the luftwaffe was generally repelled and they never got superiority over the RAF, therefore you would have say that Britain (and the allies) won the battle of britain
{edit} mainly to russ.... the battle of britain was fought while america was still sitting on the fence......the allies we have to thank for their involvement are the free polish and free french airmen who came over to britain and joined with the RAF

gunner2za

agree with the farmer.................shame poor russ.......he has watched far to many hollywood movies...........that is so typical of americans ...they generally believe they won vietnam.......shame

PAUL H

We (the British) won the BofB. But long term, whether we won the war seems debatable as all other countries involved seem to have made a better recovery than us.

CLIVE H

The answer depends who's side you're on. From the British point of view the Battle of Britain was a victory for Britain. However, if you had lived in UK at the time, you might not have thought so, because the Luftwaffe kept coming back anyway. Some historians say it was a stalemate in that both sides fought themselves to a standstill. In any event, the German losses were massive, they simply could not keep up war production against the loss of so many aircraft. We, the Brits, on the other hand, worked flat out 24/7 at arms production and were gaining ground on them by the spring of 1941.

bammbamm

Y Britan of course....y dou ask???

iain

The Royal Air Force, with a helping hand of volunteers both in
factories and in the air. There is a book that I read, a long time
ago, about an Air Force pilot that lost both legs and continued
flying. He was one of Britainâ€˜s great heroes and I am ashamed
for not remembering his name. This book is all about the Battle
of Britain, I was in the CCF Air Force at the time, it was the
early fifties, so perhaps you can forgive me.The book is "Strike
from the High"
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nonenzedder

The chaps who installed and developed Radar along the British coastline, and the high command of the RAF, who learned how to us it's capabilities (together with communications and home gaurd spotters) for air defence properly (otherwise the RAF would just be flying around like monkeys, a hour after the event)..

ps) Hitler also lost it - by redirecting the air assualt too London and not finishing off key RAF airbases...If it wasn't for this decision it would have most certainly have been game over.

bty937915

The Airforce

Hilts

Russ seems to be out of his head!
The British Royal Airforce won The Battle of Britain, ensuring that when the Yanks finally decided to show up, this Great Country was their Aircraft Carrier!
The British defeated the Germans in many battles before America got involved! Don't let the Yanks try to tell you otherwise.

wheeliebin

The British.

jojo

The battle of britain refers to the air fight between the raf and the german lufwaffer in world war 2. Britain won even though we were outnumbered we had the better planes faster and more agile.

andrew b

We British

The Battle of Britian happened during WW2. So I guess the good guys won.

High-strung Guitarist

Britain.

Spook

the spitfire

hellraiza15

William the conqueror took over Harold Haadraada in 1066 or am i on about something totally different?

Le Baron

Theoretically the British did, but in reality both sides lost too many innocent bystanders. War is not something to be proud of, to defend our country against terroists and domestic is essential.

The_moondog

Is the official language of the British Isles German?

cyclops

I weep, for when history is forgotten, we end up repeating our
mistakes. Nothing is really new, its just lost and then discovered again. Yes, the RAF defeated the Luftwaffe , over the skies of
Britain.

barrie.smith7@btinternet.com

Sorry spook, the Hurricane accounted for more enemy aircraft than the Spitfire during the Battle of Britain. Which was won of course by the Royal Air Force.

keypointist

The RAF which included some Polish airmen who were magnificent. Russ is being offensive because he should recognise that the USA didn't come into the conflict for years after the war started in Britain. We certainly needed them but that doesn't diminish the fantastic fighting courage of our people at that time.

partha s

RAF

Daniel

rayal air force

tom l

It wasn't a "who"
The Vickers Spitfire won the B of B

photo
http://www.fighterfactory.net/airworthy-aircraft/assets/images/spitfire.jpg

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