What happened to the Luftwaffe? | Aerial warfare on D-Day

The Allies knew that the Normandy landings would be an era defining moment. Succeed and victory in the war was surely theirs. Fail, and the consequences could be catastrophic. Thus, well before D-Day took place, the Allies planned to use their Air Power to the set the stage for the landings. In the last episode of our D-Day series we covered the fighting at Sea. This time IWM curator Hattie Hearn looks at the aerial battle for Normandy. How did the Allies win air superiority? Where was the German response to D-Day? And how did Allied air power affect the fighting on the ground? D-Day events: IWM Lecture Day: D-Day https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-lecture-day-d-day IWM Presents: The Longest Day https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/duxford-presents-the-longest-day D-Day and the Aerial battle for Normandy Tour https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-day-and-the-aerial-battle-for-normandy Find out more: What happened after D-Day: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-happened-after-d-day 10 Facts you need to know about D-Day: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-d-day The 78th Fighter Group at Duxford: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-day-remembered-78th-fighter-group-at-duxford The lies that made D-Day possible: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-lies-and-deceptions-that-made-d-day-possible Explore and licence the film clips used in this video from IWM Film: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_GEMDKV4g Follow IWM on social media: https://twitter.com/I_W_M https://www.instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums https://www.facebook.com/iwm.london #history #ww2 #dday