True, they had four strikes against them...1) They lacked the industrial output and natural resources that the USA had.2) They lacked the number of people to take on the England, USA & Russia at the same time. 3) Increasingly throughout the war their crazy maniacal leaders directed the battles instead of leaving it up to the generals.4) Their racist policies pushed some of their best and brightest out of Germany and to the USA (think Albert Einstein).I'm not trying to belittle England's contribution in any way, but the Battle of Britain was won not because of shier might of Britain as your comment seems to suggest, it was because of 3 things1) Goering stupidly directed the LW to go after cities after almost bringing the RAF to its knees.2) England's 'chain home' radar which allowed them to direct and concentrate their forces in one area.3) Enormous amounts of supplies to England from the USA, (esp oil, food and building materials). The RAF could not fly its spitfires, if it didn't receive oil from the USA.
Enormous amounts of supplies to England from the USA, (esp oil, food and building materials). The RAF could not fly its spitfires, if it didn't receive oil from the USA.
Officially Lend-Lease didn't begin till after the BOB but even up to and including then English had to pay for supplies and munitions in gold and had to prove they had exhausted their coffers before anything "free" came along. Britain received most of its oil/fuel from British territories, and the Dutch East indies during the BOB. Tronsky
The Dutch lost the Dutch East Indies in 1942 Tronsky
