Also known as Operation Sea Lion, one reason the attack failed was because the attacking forces did not concentrate  their efforts, but rather focused at once on the RAF airfields, the radar stations along the south coast, and attacking the coastal convoys in the channel.
Victory in this sustained battle can be largely attributed to Hugh Dowding, who refused to commit his fighters to  defending the convoys in large numbers, or to involve them in mass battles at all, contrary to the wishes of Churchill.  Also known as Operation Sea Lion, one reason the attack failed was because the attacking forces did not concentrate  their efforts, but rather focused at once on the RAF airfields, the radar stations along the south coast, and attacking the coastal convoys in the channel. Hermann Goering led the Luftwaffe in, FTP, what 1940 engagement which saw German  fighter planes fail in their efforts to gain air superiority over a namesake island?
Victory in this sustained battle can be largely attributed to Hugh Dowding, who refused to commit his fighters to  defending the convoys in large numbers, or to involve them in mass battles at all, contrary to the wishes of Churchill.  
Battle of Britain