Amaholide kaZwelonke eNgilandi: Usuku Lempi

Kubhekwe ngoSepthemba 15, Impi Yosuku LweBrithani, yiholide lesizwe eligubha isikhumbuzo sempi yasemoyeni yomlando ngesikhathi se- Impi Yezwe Yesibili ngo 1940. Lona ngomunye wemikhosi ethandwa kakhulu eNgilandi lapho kugujwa khona isikhumbuzo esisemthethweni eBuckingham Palace.

Kuphathelene ne Impi yasebrithani okuyigama elinikezwe impi yezindiza enkulu eyenzeka ngoSepthemba 15, 1940, phakathi kwamaNgisi namaJalimane.

Ngo-June 1940, iJalimane lobuNazi lase linqobe ingxenye enkulu yeNtshonalanga Yurophu neScandinavia. Ngaleso sikhathi, ukuphela komuntu owayemi endleleni yamandla amakhulu eYurophu eyayiphethwe amaJalimane kwakunguMbuso WaseBrithani kanye neCommonwealth.

Ngemuva kokwala ukunikezwa okuningana kokuthula okwenziwa ngabaseBrithani, u-Adolf Hitler wayala iLuftwaffe ukuba icekele phansi iRoyal Air Force (RAF) ukuze ithole ukuphakama komoya noma ubukhulu bomoya njengesandulela sokwethulwa kwe-Operation Sea Lion, ukuhlaselwa okunamandla kwe-Wehrmacht (isiJalimane amabutho ahlomile) ezwekazini laseBrithani.

NgoJulayi 1940, iLuftwaffe yaqala ukuvala i-English Channel yabasolwandle. Ngo-Agasti, kwethulwa i-Operation Adlerangriff (Eagle Attack) ibhekene nezinkundla zezindiza zeRAF eningizimu yeNgilandi. Esontweni lokuqala likaSepthemba, iLuftwaffe yayingayitholanga imiphumela uHitler ayeyifuna.

Ekhungathekile, amaJalimane aqala kabusha ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngamasu, okucasulayo okwakuqondiswe ezimbonini zamasosha nasezimbonini zaseBrithani, kepha futhi nasekuziphatheni kwabantu. Lokhu kuhlaselwa kwaqala ngoSepthemba 7, 1940, kepha kwafika kuvuthondaba lwazo ngeSonto, ngoSepthemba 15, 1940, ngenkathi iLuftwaffe iqala ukuhlasela kwayo okukhulu nokugxile kakhulu eLondon ngethemba lokukhipha iRAF empini yokubhujiswa.

Cishe izindiza eziyi-1.500 XNUMX zibambe iqhaza ezimpini zomoya ezaqhubeka kwaze kwaba mnyama. Lesi senzo kwaba umvuthwandaba weMpi yaseBrithani. Iqiniso ukuthi amabutho amaNgisi anqoba ukuhlasela kwamaJalimane. Izakhiwo zaseLuftwaffe zahlakazwa yisisekelo esikhulu samafu futhi zehluleka ukulimaza kakhulu iDolobha laseLondon.

Ngemuva kokuhlaselwa, uHitler wahlehlisa i-Operation Sea Lion. Ngemuva kokuhlulwa emini, iLuftwaffe yagxila emkhankasweni wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ebusuku okwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba uMeyi 1941.

NgoSepthemba 15 kugujwa i-UK yonkana. ECanada, lesi sikhumbuzo sigujwa ngeSonto lesithathu ngoSepthemba.


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