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For further information, please drop a line to:
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| Sender: | Alan Atkinson-Barrett |
| Location: | UK |
| Information: | The 'simulation drama' game on the theme of the Battle of Britain which I have been working on recently is now nearing completion, and is essentially 'ready to go'. I have experience of conducting projects of this sort with Junior and Secondary school children. I am a teacher myself, with some twenty years' experience. f any schools in the East / North Yorkshire area may be interested in this as a way of enhancing exposure to the Curriculum, and various important skills within the Curriculum which are not subject-specific, then I can be contacted at barrett@dircon.co.uk in the first instance. I would be happy to hear from any interested parties, and discuss their requirements. |
| Answer: | Alan is also featured on our Poems page 'One of our aircraft' |
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| Sender: | Anthony |
| Location: | UK |
| Question: | Hi
its Anthony |
| Answer: | Replies
like this make the whole thing worth it! My Pleasure Anthony! |
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| Sender: | Anthony |
| Location: | UK |
| Question: | Hello, |
| Answer: | <Lots
of info sent by email>! Here's another address you may want to check out. It's a long one but it gets you to the Encyclopaedia Britannica site: http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/5/0,5716,118865+12+110199,00.html For some daft reason it defaults to the World War II page. Look down the list to about position 13 and you will see The Battle of Britain. Click and you have lots of info! |
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| Sender: | Nisha Patel |
| Location: | UK |
| Question: |
Hi |
| Answer: | Hi
Nisha Thank you for your questions. "WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT" The battle of Britain was a very important time in the war. Germany tried to crush the British fighter power by targeting the air fields and planes that were used to defend the skies above Britain. If any one side in a war wins air supremacy then they have the upper hand. If they had won then Britain would have been wide open to German attacks with little defence. The bombers could have had free passage to bomb any target it liked. Britain would have probably been defeated quite quickly after this."WHAT HAPPENED"On August 8, 1940 the Luftwaffe began its assault on Great Britain by sending its fighters and bombers lead by the ME109 and Stuka dive bombers against towns and seaports in southern England. British forces were ready with coastal defences including the first use of radar , anti-aircraft artillery , and many airfields from which would scramble the Supermarine Spitfire. The radar along with civilian spotting posts would allow the royal air force to use its limited supply of Spitfires and pilots to the greatest effect. Even though the British forces were outnumbered, geography would be on their side because the German fighters would use up fuel just getting into position over their targets. The Battle of Britain was a non-stop all out air war that saw 26 major attacks in the first 10 days. The Luftwaffe lost 700 aircraft to 160 for the British in this short period of time. Because of these high losses the Germans decided to change tactics on August 30. They changed their force to have more fighters and fewer slow bombers and changed their targets to factories and airfields. In this period of time the Luftwaffe lost a further 560 planes to the Royal Air Force lost 220. On September 15, 1940 the largest dogfight took place when the Luftwaffe sent over 500 airplanes in a giant wave attack. During this battle more than 200 dogfights took place in one half hour simultaneously in a small area above southern England. You can see this amazing action involving World War 2's best aces in the best fighters on BATTLE OF BRITAIN WAR OF ACES. On October 6, the mounting losses forced another change in tactics to night bombing raids. By this time the British forces sent their bombers on raids into Germany which resulted in revenge raids on the city of Coventry in England where 1 million pounds of bombs were dropped in a single raid and London was firebombed. (Courtesy of another site - www.battleofbritain.com) "WHAT TECHNOLOGY WAS USED" Britain used Spitfires, Hurricanes and Blenheims mainly with some Defiant fighter aircraft. Germany used Bf109, Bf110, JU87, JU88, HEIII, Do17Numbers of aircraft were: -------------------------- Spitfires - 286 Hurricanes - 463 Blenheims - 114 Defiant fighter - 37Bf109 - 809 Bf110 - 280 JU87 - 316 JU88, HEIII, Do17 - 1260 "WHO WON AND WHY" Hopefully we won!! No, seriously, Britain won the battle but it was a close call. Germany almost defeated our air defences but they did not count on the determination of the handful of men who fought long and hard. They also under estimated the factories that worked around the clock to make replacement aircraft. Hope this helps and good luck with the project. If your school/college would like to display some of the work on the website then please tell your teacher and then let me know! Take care Nigel |
| Links: | Other
sites of interest: www.battleofbritain.com www.battleofbritain.net |
| Sender: | Daniel |
| Location: | UK |
| Question: | I
would love to see some pictures of bomb shelters, the home made
one's in the back garden where they grow veg on it please. |
| Answer: | Hi Daniel. Well I've found some information on the shelters but no pictures of merit yet. I will keep searching! NigelThere were two basic shelters that were used by the general public during the war. The Anderson Shelter and the Morrison Shelter. Anderson
Shelter Morrison
Shelter |
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The BBC has a good history page that explains about the shelters
in more detail. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/wwtwo/onefoot/people/people01.shtml |
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