Hitler’s Fatal Mistake in the Battle of Britain | How Ego Cost Germany Air Supremacy

Описание: This video explains Hitler’s fatal mistake in the Battle of Britain and how shifting targets from RAF airfields to London changed the course of the war. Discover how ego, misjudgment, and strategic misunderstanding allowed Britain to survive and Germany to lose air supremacy.

📚 SOURCES & RESEARCH:

Battle of Britain – Strategy & Command:

The Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen Bungay

The Battle of Britain by James Holland

Dowding and the Battle of Britain by Vincent Orange

RAF Official History – Air Ministry records

Bentley Priory Fighter Command operational reports

German Strategy & Luftwaffe Decisions:

The Air War 1939–1945 by Richard Overy

Göring by David Irving (used cautiously for Luftwaffe operational detail only)

Luftwaffe operational records and post-war interrogations

German Air Ministry (RLM) intelligence assessments

Radar, Fighter Command & Defense System:

RAF Fighter Command archives

Royal Air Force Museum historical records

British Chain Home radar system documentation

Observer Corps operational summaries

Political & Strategic Context:

The Second World War by Winston S. Churchill

Cabinet War Papers – UK National Archives

Nuremberg Trial records on Luftwaffe leadership testimony

Attrition, Losses & Pilot Recovery:

RAF casualty and sortie statistics (Air Ministry data)

Luftwaffe aircrew loss and POW records

National WWII Museum archives

Imperial War Museum oral histories

All operational claims, casualty figures, and strategic assessments are cross-referenced with primary military records, official RAF and Luftwaffe archives, and multiple academic historians specializing in the air war of 1940.

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