ntercept them. The ensuing loses that occurred to Germans made them want to pull their hair in frustration. This led to a series of unwise moves that would see them ultimately waste their resources for an unworthy cause. Gring, the leader of the Luftwaffe, frustrated at the continued losses, deemed it proper to demand larger and yet closer fighter escorts on a ratio of three fighters to each bomber, a total waste of resources. Later, more and more Bf109s were taken from Luftflotte 3 to strengthen Luftflotte 2 while the medium bombers were gradually withdrawn from daylight operations. This resulting decision allowed RAF to intercept and take down the bombers. Had the Germans modified the bombers for larger weapon holding capacities, maybe the outcome of the battle would have been different. Hitler, the supreme leader of Germany at the time, greatly confided in his army and its members to achieve and maintain leadership in Germany and the rest of Europe. Hitler shaped his army into his ideal combatant force. In doing this he naturally bestowed his values and characteristics upon those in command in his army. One of Hitlers characteristics (the one that most likely attributed to his political success in Germany) was his ability to lead others around him into a state of overconfidence. Hitler invoked overconfidence and pompousness on his army and even his citizens. Hitler and his military leaders formed a plan to cross the English Channel that would involve them using their bombers to take out the RAF airports around coastal England. Hitler believed that his bombers would not encounter many problems from the RAF and would easily follow through with the mission; in fact Hermann Goering, commander of the deadly Luftwaffe, believed the mission (Operation Sea lion) would take no more than 3 weeks. Due to this obviously inaccurate assumption, Hitler had to postpone the date for the mission, which he had planned to commence some time before...
