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It is 1 believed 2 had the Germans succeeded 3 their aim of destroying the RAF, they would have been able to invade Britain 4 easily. This was, after all, at a time when the country was the only European 5 resisting Nazi Germany, even though she 6 enjoy massive support from 7 Commonwealth partners.
A plan to use the German Air Force as the prelude 8 the invasion of the UK had been discussed in 1939, and was at first rejected. 9 , in view of the strength of the Royal Navy, the Germans did 10 decide they had to 11 the RAF first. They had won convincingly in the Polish campaign in 1939 and the Scandinavian and French campaigns in 1940, but they were now up 12 a well-organized air defense system, and things were going to be more 13 for them.
The British, 14 the other hand, over-estimated German strength and 15 . This was worrying, but not something that would lose them the battle, and they also had a new 16 —radar to help direct the fighters to 17 attacking German aircraft. 18 , the British were starting to get 19 from intercepting German communications, having 20 the Enigma code system.