Welcome to the Battle of Britain campaign project! These three auto-installers are a large-scale consolidation effort that is being released to commemorate the actual historical event. This massive package consists of various original campaigns by Talon, The Groundcrew team, RussBoB, & Lenny Flank. All have been updated and overhauled by Andrew "Rami" Talbot to include GSL harbor scenery in locations all over England and the coast of France, as well as utilizing the best scenery objects, airfields, and aircraft currently available for CFS2.
In terms of original works, there are a total of four campaigns that have been created by me that I claim sole ownership of. The forty-one mission Luftwaffe bomber campaign was designed from the ground up by myself, as well as the Corpo Aereo Italiano campaign, the British side, called "Chianti Raiders," and the conversion of "Operation Sealion;" this was converted from CFS1, updated, and overhauled by me. There is also a single RAF Hurricane intercept mission out of Liverpool that I claim credit for.
In total, there are two hundred and seventy-four total missions in this campaign package, which will allow you to fly from the days before the "official" start of the campaign until 8 May, 1941.
The historical timeline of the missions is from 1 June, 1940 until 8 May, 1941. During this period, the Royal Air Force were fighting the Germans in a months-long series of aerial battles which would see the British struggle to maintain control of the air over German and much of the English Channel, a battle they eventually won. In the process, the pilots and support personnel who barely kept Great Britain from being swallowed up by the German army that has managed to subjugate all of Western Continental Europe were lionized by the public, and have retained their glory to the present, though sadly much of this generation is dying off. Interestingly, a significant minority of these pilots were of other nationalities that have been overrun by the Germans; Polish and Czech pilots certainly contributed to the eventual victory that kept Britain alive during these crucial times.
For the Luftwaffe, the capitulation of France on 22 June, 1940 provided them with the airfields that placed the British Isles within their combat range, and set the stage for this battle. During the Battle of Britain, Luftwaffe pilots attempted to gain control of the skies, which would allow for a seaborne invasion. Though it remains an open question whether such an invasion could have succeeded, the Luftwaffe came close during certain periods of the battle to breaking the Royal Air Force, although indecision and incompetence of their High Command, as well as the limitations of their fighter and bomber aircraft, prevented them from succeeding. Eventually, failure to eliminate Great Britain would allow the British and Americans to use England as their base to wage first an aerial war over Hitler's Europe, and then serve as a base for the Normandy invasion that would lead to the total collapse of the Third Reich.
The CFS2 BoB Team
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In terms of original works, there are a total of four campaigns that have been created by me that I claim sole ownership of. The forty-one mission Luftwaffe bomber campaign was designed from the ground up by myself, as well as the Corpo Aereo Italiano campaign, the British side, called "Chianti Raiders," and the conversion of "Operation Sealion;" this was converted from CFS1, updated, and overhauled by me. There is also a single RAF Hurricane intercept mission out of Liverpool that I claim credit for.
In total, there are two hundred and seventy-four total missions in this campaign package, which will allow you to fly from the days before the "official" start of the campaign until 8 May, 1941.
The historical timeline of the missions is from 1 June, 1940 until 8 May, 1941. During this period, the Royal Air Force were fighting the Germans in a months-long series of aerial battles which would see the British struggle to maintain control of the air over German and much of the English Channel, a battle they eventually won. In the process, the pilots and support personnel who barely kept Great Britain from being swallowed up by the German army that has managed to subjugate all of Western Continental Europe were lionized by the public, and have retained their glory to the present, though sadly much of this generation is dying off. Interestingly, a significant minority of these pilots were of other nationalities that have been overrun by the Germans; Polish and Czech pilots certainly contributed to the eventual victory that kept Britain alive during these crucial times.
For the Luftwaffe, the capitulation of France on 22 June, 1940 provided them with the airfields that placed the British Isles within their combat range, and set the stage for this battle. During the Battle of Britain, Luftwaffe pilots attempted to gain control of the skies, which would allow for a seaborne invasion. Though it remains an open question whether such an invasion could have succeeded, the Luftwaffe came close during certain periods of the battle to breaking the Royal Air Force, although indecision and incompetence of their High Command, as well as the limitations of their fighter and bomber aircraft, prevented them from succeeding. Eventually, failure to eliminate Great Britain would allow the British and Americans to use England as their base to wage first an aerial war over Hitler's Europe, and then serve as a base for the Normandy invasion that would lead to the total collapse of the Third Reich.
The CFS2 BoB Team
Submitted by CFS2 BoB Team
