The Battle of Britain 1940 (WW2 Documentary)

Get Nebula with 40% off an annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realtimehistory Watch Battle of Britain on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/battleofbritain?ref=realtimehistory Summer 1940. The United Kingdom is gripped by the fear of a German invasion. Even if the Luftwaffe secures the sky over Britain, could Germany's Operation Sea Lion ever really work? » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Jim Frame, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Clark, Ronald W. Battle for Britain: Sixteen Weeks that Changed the Course of History, (London : George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1965) DeGering, Randall, “Radar Contact”: The Beginnings of Army Air Forces Radar and Fighter Control, (Maxwell, AL : Air University Press, 2018) Fleming, Peter, Operation Sea Lion: The Projected invasion of England in 1940 – An account of the German preparations and the British countermeasures, (New York, NY : Simon and Schuster, 1957) Grinnell-Milne, Duncan, The Silent Victory: September 1940, (London : The Bodley Head, 1958) Heilenday, Frank W, The Battle of Britain – Luftwaffe Vs RAF: Lessons Learned and Lingering Myths from World War II, (Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1995) Holland, James, “The Battle of Britain: A Reassessment”, RUSI Journal, Vol. 155, No. 4 (2010) Holmes, Tony, Spitfire vs Bf-109: Battle of Britain, (Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2007) Hooton, E.R. Pheonix Triumphant: The Rise and Rise of the Luftwaffe, (London : Weidenfeld Military, 1994) Mason, Francis K. Battle over Britain, (London : McWhirter Twins Ltd., 1969) Ministry of Information, “If the Invader Comes”, (London, 1940) Murray, Williamson, Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe 1933-1945, (Maxwell, AL : Air University Press, 1983) Oberkommando des Heeres, “Küstenkampf” (1940) Ray, John, The Battle of Britain: New Perspectives (London : Arms and Armour, 1994) Trevor-Roper, H.R. (ed.), Hitler’s War Directives, 1939-1945, (London : Sidgwick and Jackson, 1964) Wehner, Jens, “Technik können Sie von der Taktik nicht trennen”: Die Jagdflieger der Wehrmacht, (Campus Verlag : Frankfurt am Main, 2022) Wragg, David, Operation Sealion: Hitler’s Invasion Plan for Britain, (Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2017) »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Mark Newton Fact checking: Florian Wittig, Jesse Alexander Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024