Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain was an aerial campaign of the German Luftwaffe against the British Royal Air Force. The Luftwaffe's mission was to cripple the Royal Air Force and set Britain up for an invasion, codenamed Operation Sealion.

This battle is featured as a map for Battlefield 1942, included as a bonus in the version 1.45 patch. The map is a simplified version of the battle, with Luftwaffe forces facing the RAF.

Conquest/Objective[]

"The Germans have launched a massive bombing campaign against Britain as a prelude to Operation Sealion. The Germans must disable the RAF's 4 Radar Towers and the Harwich Weapons Factory for the invasion to have a chance of success. To win, THE GERMANS MUST DESTROY THE 5 OBJECTIVES before their ticket count hits zero, while the British must defend the objectives until the German tickets run out."

— Map Briefing

There is no difference between the modes.

As the player might expect, this map is almost entirely based on aerial combat. In fact, the map is unique in that victory is not reached by capturing flags. Indeed, there are no flags to capture both in Singleplayer and Multiplayer mode.

There are five objectives:

Factory, directly behind the British Base's flag location,
East Harwich RadarTower in the east near the center,
West Harwich RadarTower in the west near the center,
Clacton RadarTower in the far west,
Felixstowe RadarTower in the far east.

The Factory can take 1000 points of damage, and each RadarTower can take 600.

As the German tickets tick down, they must damage and eventually destroy all of these objectives to win before their tickets reach zero, doing so then reduces Allied tickets. The radars and factory can be repaired by allied engineers at any point until they are destroyed completely. The Germans have an airfield, with two spawn points. The British have two airfields, all uncapturable. At most two airplanes that spawn from the same position can appear at any given moment.

If the Luftwaffe destroy all objectives, specifically the factory, the RAF will be defeated from a rapid ticket bleed. If the RAF successfully defend all objectives, again specifically the factory, the Luftwaffe will be defeated from ticket bleed.

Equipment[]


Royal Air Force
Light vehicle(s)	Willys MB
Half-track(s)	M3A1
Fixed-wing aircraft	Spitfire
Emplacement(s)	40mm Bofors M2 Browning Radar Tower


Luftwaffe
Light vehicle(s)	Kubelwagen
Armored personnel carrier(s)	Hanomag
Fixed-wing aircraft	Messerschmitt BF-109 Junkers Ju-88A
Emplacement(s)	Maschinengewehr 42

Outcomes[]

"Even with numerical superiority, the Luftwaffe was unable to destroy all of their objectives. The RAF's state-of-the-art radar system enabled them to detect and intercept German bombing runs before they got over British airspace. With the help of their powerful air defense systems, the RAF made short work of attacking German aircraft, and Britain was saved from the invasion."

— British victory

"Neither the early detection systems of the RAF, nor their heroic pilots could overcome the sheer number of attacking German aircraft.Once the coastal Radar Towers were knocked out, the Luftwaffe flew over Britain with near impunity, bombing Harwich until nothing remained. Their objective destroyed, Germany's Operation Sealion and the invasion of Britain would soon follow."

— British defeat

"The highly vaunted Radar system developed by the British provided no security when matched against the legendary German Luftwaffe. The Bomber crews attacked their targets with unerring accuracy, protected by the most skilled and daring fighter pilots in the war. Thanks to the Luftwaffe, the German dreams of invading Britain will soon come to fruitition [sic]."

— German victory

"Despite a heroic effort, the Luftwaffe was unable to penetrate British airspace enough to complete their objectives. The state-of-the-art Radar system counterbalanced Germany's numerical superiority, while Luftwaffe bombers were ripped apart by the expert RAF pilots. With the British objectives still intact and the invasion of Russia imminent, Operation Sealion is scrapped before it can even begin."

— German defeat

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Trivia[]

This is the only map added in a patch of base Battlefield 1942 that supports singleplayer. Hence, it is also the only map that is available in Instant Battle but not Campaign.