How England Produced More Planes Than Germany During WW2 #ww2

[Hawk_Sparrow]

You also didn't mention the fact that basically all car and other vehicle manufacturing was halted and the factories converted

[thebiologist]

It's also worth noting that Germany diverted bombers away from factories and military targets to bomb civilians, which gave the UK a wide berth to rebuild and restore production.

[oliversherman]

calling the UK "England" whilst showing the Union Jack flag 🇬🇧 made my British brain cry inside

[jeksixten]

British Radar is the real deal I've watched the documentary it's legit... The Best radar in WW2

[luis_baehrle]

The key for britain was their radar system on the coasts

[AG-vbvv]

Also, the UK didn’t really have to produce as many tanks, weapons, and other land based equipment since they weren’t in the middle of a huge land war with the USSR on a scale never seen before.

[carlos-juce]

Bearing in mind even carpenters were turning out planes...the Mosquito was made of wood 😅

[YoungGandalf]

I'm surprised radar wasn't mentioned.

[Lawrence_L]

Yeah. If we're talking about the Battle of Britain, you also need to consider pilot losses. Whilst RAF airmen could bail out over friendly territory, Luftwaffe airmen couldn't. They'd have to get across the English channel to return to the fight, whereas the RAF would just need a good brew, maybe a bit of leave (if you were very lucky), and then they were back in the skies.

[dexocube]

Actually the number of pilots was crucial, as pilots are harder to replace than planes. It was the large number of Polish volunteer pilots who swung the Battle of Britain in our favour. Diversity is strength.

[Nirmal-yi]

Resources brought from colonial countries and pilots came from multiple nations

[manolodocampo]

The battle for Britain was essentially over when Germany invaded the USSR and had to divert most of its fleet to support ground attacks in the east. Additionally, Germany had a problem of fuel. It is not about having planes, it is about being able to use them.

[og]

When you call it England, you exclude the effort by the Welsh and the Scottish who helped defeat the Nazi's.

[kimchi]

Actually, even if the UK lost the Battle of Britain, the chances of an invasion of Great Britain was highly unlikely. Historians simulated this and found that it’s highly likely that the Royal navy would stop the ground forces of Germany, and even if some get by, the British ground forces would be able to take them out

[Pax_Veritas]

It's offensive to refer to the war victories of the United Kingdom as, "jolly old England". Most of the UK's and the world's technological advancements came from Scotland btw, such as antibiotics, radar, the television, the telephone, etc, etc

[Bigmanflynnjim]

Because once Britain had a nation that could build with their own hands, a time where made in Britain really meant something but in this day and age all that is gone.

[ruairidhmunro]

The UK is NOT just England. I wish people (esp. Americans ) would get there facts right.

[space]

You forgot about the commonwealth such as canada. They were massive aircraft producers and sent most to be used in the uk

[sniperplays]

Also we cannot forget the sudden shift from bombing production centers and airfields to civilian centers

[WhatNowChristian]

Also doesn't help that the Germans were deleting their own work force, mainly Jewish. So if you think about it, Germany was always gonna be self defeated mainly.