What was Goering's error in Battle of Britain?

Answer 1

The battle officially began on 13 August. Fighter losses were about even, but the Luftwaffe suffered from poor operational focus and shifting priorities. Unwilling to endure such heavy losses, Göring and adolf-hitlerswitched in early September to a campaign of city bombing, allowing Fighter Command to recover. On 17 September, Hitler cancelled SEALION, although air raids continued.

Tactically, the great error of Goering's was not attacking the coastal radar stations of Britain, which allowed the RAF to efficiently vector fighters to incoming German raids. This allowed the smaller RAF to concentrate its forces on specific German groups, achieving numerical superiority and thus inflict more damage on the Germans than would have been otherwise possible.

Similarly, Goering failed to make attacking the RAF's fighter airfields a priority. If even a substantial minority of them had been rendered inoperative, it would have effectively crippled the British attempts to defend themselves. The Germans would then have achieved a significant numerical superiority over Britain, enabling them to bomb with relatively few losses.

Answer 2

Hitler changed the target of the Luftwaffe from Royal Air Force bases to London. This allowed the Royal Air Force to recover from the earlier bombings and decreased the amount of equipment lost in the bombings.