The War Impact of the Battle of Britain

The victory of the British Defence War inspired the anti-fascist countries and people, especially made the American government, which had a "neutral" policy towards the European war after the defeat of France, stand on the British side, promoted the establishment of the Anglo-American alliance and laid the foundation for the establishment of the world anti-fascist alliance.

The Battle of Britain is the first air battle in the history of human war, which proves that strategic large-scale air strikes will directly affect the course of the war, shows the important position of air superiority in modern wars, and proves the strategic significance of air defense. Because of the victory of the Battle of Britain, Britain was saved, and Britain's persistence in the war of resistance dragged the German army into a long-term and deadly war, which also became a springboard for Britain and the United States to counterattack the European continent in the future, putting the German army in a dilemma of fighting on both sides. In this campaign, in addition to Britain and Germany, aircrews from New Zealand, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, southern rhodesia and other countries also joined the British army. Many European countries occupied by Nazi Germany, including Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France and other air forces evacuated to Britain, also joined the ranks of defending Britain; At that time, the United States was neutral, and some volunteers formed an eagle squadron to fight side by side with Britain. Italy, which belongs to the Axis, sent "Corpo Aereo Italiano" to fight with the German Air Force. Due to the loss of too many fighters and pilots, and the inability to gain air superiority in the English Channel, and the inability to disintegrate Britain's ground and sea capabilities through air strikes, Germany had to abandon its operational plan to invade Britain. Because the German Air Force could not complete the plan of seizing air superiority, landing in Britain, forcing the British government to surrender or cooperating with Germany could not be carried out. The German Air Force lost more than 2,000 aircrew members and nearly 2,000 aircraft of various types. Although it does not affect the overall strength, for Germany with very limited resources, these losses cannot be fully recovered before the war against the Soviet Union.

Germany lost the opportunity of political peace talks with Britain, and could not solve the possible threat of Britain in the Atlantic and Mediterranean battlefields. Although Britain can only exert pressure on Germany in the form of strategic bombing in a short time, with the assistance of the United States, Britain can stop the plans of Italy and Germany in North Africa and keep the largest counterattack base in Europe.

At the same time, in terms of psychological factors, Britain temporarily blocked the momentum of the German attack, and also broke the record of the German Air Force's total victory at the beginning of the war, giving the British morale a chance to recover after repeated wars and defeats in the European continent.