Don't get me wrong Hagar, I'm not trying to insinuate anything, I'm just trying to say I don't claim to understand war, or for that matter, understand what went through the minds of the air and ground warriors on either side, although that's what I always strive to do.

You needn't tell me about bias, I take my federally funded school education with a grain of salt.  I saw the flaws in it's World War II curriculum, and corrected my teacher numerous times.  The success of Kamikazes for example. I can only imagine what these privately funded (as I imagine they are) "documentaries" tell people.

I'm not bound to get the book as my acute interest in the Pacific air war and cash won't permit, but now I have grown more interested in daily life during the Blitz on Britania, so I shall do some light research... Convesely, it seems all I've researched lately is the Luftwaffe, specifically the Ju 87, rather than the IJN or the USAAF.  Go figure.

The common belief that i have heard is that there was no real serious threat to England.. If u look at its geographical position it would just be murder to send ships across the channel with the RAF still around..But this makes me ask. Why did Germany decide to call a halt to stop the bombing of England.. I can safely say in heinsite that the Brits were running terribly low on aircraft. But surely the pilots should have noticed a lack of fighters up there? So why was the bombing stopped?

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As I mentioned earlier, with the benefit of hindsight I have come to believe that Hitler expected Britain to sue for peace. A non-aggression pact with Britain would effectively remove opposition from the whole British Empire & leave him free to attack Soviet Russia which had always been his main objective. I could be wrong but it's quite possible that Operation Seelowe was an elaborate bluff to convince the doubters. The German generals had no previous experience of waterborne invasion & didn't fully appreciate the difficulties involved. Admiral Raeder had insisted on aerial superiority before he would commit the Navy & Goering had promised the Luftwaffe could take care of it. This explains the significance of the Battle of Britain. Although the Royal Navy was the most powerful in the world the British Army was in tatters with most of its equipment left behind on the beaches of Dunkirk. Once RAF Fighter Command was taken out of the picture Britain would be virtually defenceless. Whether Operation Seelowe was practical or not, there is no doubt that everyone in Britain at the time, including the government, believed that invasion was imminent. It was generally believed that this invasion would come from the air, not by sea.

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By coincidence the RAF "Big Wing" tactics were first tried on September 7th 1940, the same day as the first daylight raid on London. This brought the fighters of 12 Group based north of the River Thames into the picture. The Luftwaffe pilots were shocked to find more fighters than ever & suffered severe losses. The bombing did not stop but tactics were changed from daylight raids on airfields & RADAR stations to night bombing of cities - the start of the "London Blitz". Legend has it that this was in retaliation for a token raid on Berlin. It's a nice story but I suspect it was for the same reasons that RAF Bomber Command went over to night bombing. The losses suffered by the Luftwaffe in daylight operations being unsustainable.
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/MOLsite/exhibits/blitz/bigstory.html
It's often been suggested that if the Luftwaffe had continued attacking airfields instead of directing its attention to London & other cities the story might well have been different.
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Definately not. Even after Britain resisted America didn't get involved because they were so sure that gallant England was doomed to losing. It took Pearl Harbour and a declaration of war by Hitler to get the US involved.