. The Channel was the only body of water that lay between Germany and victory. However, crossing the relatively large body of water with only airplanes proved risky, for precious fuel was lost in the process, fuel which would later be required in battle. The large body of water was not only guarded well by the RAF, it was also far from Germanys air bases compared to Britains. When a German plane was shot down while over the Channel, it was extremely hard, if not impossible to recover, and repair it, but if the same were to occur upon a British plane, it could more easily be recovered and repaired due to the Channel being more easily accessible to Britain. The RAF posed another problem for the Luftwaffe. The Luftwaffe leaders greatly underestimated the strength of the RAF and were thus attacked with unexpected force, diminishing the strength of the attacks. The Channel was possibly one of the most challenging problems Germany faced, and most likely contributed greatly to the blunder of the German army.Hitler realized how incredibly powerful his Luftwaffe was and how deadly and unstoppable it had the potential to be. This organization of air fleets composing of deadly bombers and other supporting aircraft made Britain look exceedingly weak in comparison. It was, as stated before, under the command of Hermann Goering, and Hitler. The Luftwaffe could have had a very real chance to defeat Britain, but this is where one of the biggest mistakes was made. Hitler and his personnel unwisely abused the real power they had created in the form of their Luftwaffe. Pilots in the Luftwaffe were not given sufficient training and thus lacked the experience to bring the Luftwaffe success. To compound this problem, these fresh, and inexperienced pilots were given confusing instructions as to specifically how, when and where they were to attack. Pilots sometimes received vague instructions and were forced to take the situation upon them themselve...
