europe prior to the battle of britain:
europe was taken over by germany and german allies mostly
great britain was the country left standing
the only thing that hitler had left was great britain
hitler sent in airplanes to great britain
first he wanted to take out the navy and then the british airforce
then transportation and communication systems
hitler started nighttime bombing
his idea was to just bomb randomly and then people will get sick of it and just surrender
churchill was the only one who wanted to stand up to hitler in the beginning and first people thought that he was crazy and now that germany is attacking things people began to turn to churchill
germany hoped to invade great britain by september 15 but it got pushed back
great britain was aided heavily by the radar and ultra
ultra was the code name for intercepting and desiphering german code
ultra was also another reason why we won the war
royal airforce was great britain's airforce and they prevented the invasion of great britain
cash and carry system:
you pay them money and carry your own ships
US gave great britain old destroyers
1937 is around when we started shifting from neutrality
fdr signs the lend-lease act:
we would lend countries supplies they need to countries at war
this took the place of the cash and carry system
we would lend them as long as they return them
this also pushed us closer to war
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