The German plan to control the British skies and defeat them was called Operation Sea Lion and it called for defeating the RAF in the air.
The key factor in the failure of this plan was the switch from targeting British planes and plane production plants to bombing British cities.
What was Operation Sea Lion?
This was the German plan to defeat the British by first gaining control of British skies. It failed because the German Air Force began to bomb British cities instead of targeting the Royal Air Force.
As a result, the RAF was able to continue producing planes in the countryside and survive the war, and most importantly, keep control of the British skies.
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