Because the French had surrendered and the Americans had not yet entered the war.
By 1940, German forces had overrun most of Europe except for Britain. No other country was prepared to become involved in what was seen as a European war. Therefore Britain stood alone against the very powerful German forces and spent the time re-arming and retraining its armed forces. Nothing much happened until December 1941 when Germany declared war on the USA and they entered the war. Britain was no longer alone.
Germany had to fight britain alone
The speech that Churchill stated that Britain stands alone was the War of the Unknown Warriors, given on July 14, 1940. In the speech he stated, And now it has come to us to stand alone in the breach, and face the worst that the tyrant's might and enmity can do.
Great Britain. The British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from the continent but Britain continued the war alone.
He was relieved that the US was now involved in the war and Britain no longer fought on alone .
In the beginning, Britain was basically fighting to defend itself all alone. There were Americans that joined the RAF, but as a country the USA did not join till much later in the war. Russia was fighting the Nazis too, but could hardly be said to be defending Britain, they were spending all their energies defending themselves. After the USA joined the war, they were the primary nation to defend Britain.
Members of Congress who wanted war in Britain were called War Hawks.
The Madison Administration was at war on Britain in the war of 1812.
It involved countries over the whole world. The empire of Great Britain alone included countries in Asia, Africa Europe and North America. France also was in Europe
He didn't. Britain declared war with Germany.
world war 1
Britain told Germany to remove their troops from Poland. Germany refused and Britain declared war on them