THE COMMANDERS

The Battle of Britain produced a confrontation between air commanders of the highest quality. On the British side, Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, a New Zealander who came to Britain in 1916, played a central part in devising a set of tactics which would maximize the impact that his force might have on the enemy. On the German side, the two main air fleet commanders, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and Field Marshal Hugo Sperrle – both promoted to their rank by a grateful Hitler in July 1940 after the defeat of France – also developed flexible tactical approaches to the battle as it unfolded over the summer of 1940. The German side nevertheless laboured under a large disadvantage. The conduct of operations by Kesselring’s Air Fleet 2 and Sperrle’s Air Fleet…

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