Y6: 2-6. The Battle of Britain

World War Two

Today we are going to look at the Battle of Britain in more detail. WHY? Because our study will now focus more on Britain’s “home-front” involvement in the war.

DID YOU KNOW…?

1.

Hitler wanted to invade Britain. So he came up with a plan.

It was called….

This is what Hitler planned to do:

First: the Luftwaffe (German air force) would destroy the RAF (Britain’s Royal Air Force)

(The invasion of Britain would be much easier if the RAF has been destroyed.)

Then: Navy would invade Britain

SO…this was the plan:

destroy the British air force

thus stop it sinking the ships that would carry German soldiers across the Channel

Once the Luftwaffe had destroyed the Royal Air Force (RAF) a sea and airborne invasion of Britain would begin…

2.

This is how the Battle of Britain developed:

3.

Let’s see what we can learn from the following videos about the Battle of Britain.

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What was the Battle of Britain? (2:08 minutes long)

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The Battle of Britain. (2:25 minutes long)

4.

Complete the following task to test your knowledge of the Battle of Britain.

SOLUTION

5.

So, what was the Blitz?

The Blitz was a change in strategy…

6.

If there is time…

How was the Battle of Britain Won? (10:28 minutes long)

(This is a challenging animation…)

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—WORKBOOK—

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—ADDITIONAL MATERIAL—

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