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Episode 226, the Battle of Britain Part 1, Adler tag.

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Over the course of the last 17 episodes, this podcast has tracked the evolution of German

plans for an invasion of Britain, and the efforts made in Britain to prevent that invasion from

being successful. For the Luftwaffe, everything was going to come down to one moment.

The one day when they would begin their operations specifically designed to destroy the RAF, to prevent them from being an effective tool against the invasion.

Well, on the 2nd of August, Goring would publish his preparations and directives for the operation, and they would include the goals of the neutralization of the RAF fighter

command through aerial attrition and attacks on airfields in southern England, the destruction

of the RAF resources that could be used against the invasion fleet, the neutralization

of Royal Navy units in ports along the southern coast of England, and the night bombing

of communications, logistics, and aircraft

manufacturing targets throughout Britain. The day on which this operation would begin would be given

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