Thursday, November 15, 2018

Importance of Britain in World War 2


Thursday, November 15, 2018
Importance of Britain in World War 2
There is a rumour about a famous quote Stalin apparently once said: ”England brought the time, America the money and Russia the blood.”
There is a lot of truth in Stalin words when it comes to Britain buying time in the second World War. By staying in the war, Britain made it possible to allow a bridgehead for US and allied troops and also a vital line of supply to the USSR. This played a huge part in terms of material delivery but more important in keeping up the morality of the soldiers.
Bildergebnis für britain in ww2

Also the rescue mission of Dunkirk played a huge role in World War 2. After Germany invaded France, Belgium and the Netherlands the British army was trapped in Dunkirk, a small town located at the shores of northern France. By the time, when the German troops slowly moved in to kill the nearly 500000 trapped soldiers there, the Britains started on of the biggest rescue missions ever. They managed to rescue almost all of the 500000 soldiers and bring them back to England. Those soldiers played a huge role later on in the following fights against Germany. If the Britains would have lost this amount of soldiers the possibility of loosing important fights in the World War against Germany would have been much higher.


Bildergebnis für dunkirk rescue 1940
Another important contribution that Britain made in World War 2 was by winning the Battle of Britain. When Germany tried to invade Britain, the british air force managed to defead the Luftwaffe (German air force). Britain destroyed 2000 planes and killed or captured all of their pilots. This was an major achievement for the allied forces, because as a result the German air force was not that powerful, after this defeat, anymore and it made it easier to fight them. Therefore Germany had to divide its military forces and split it up, to defend against the Britains at its coast lines on the one hand, and on the other hand it also had to send troops to Russia because of the on going invasion there. This also made the defence and the attacks of the German military much weaker, which also led to more success in the war against them.

But the Britains not only helped in a military way, they also helped by supplying and in a logistical way. Because the Britains had such a big marine and air force they where able to supply they other ally forces all over the world. The british army was constantly supplying the other allied forces with supplies and important war equipment, like tanks, ammunition, weapons, etc. There were also constantly shipping or flying reinforcements to any needed place in the war zones to help out wherever it was needed.
This is why Britain played such a big part in winning the Second World War against Germany. It was crucial that Britain decided not to stay out of this war, because it was such a big factor in winning this war.

Dominik König

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