BATTLE IN THE SKIES

No other battle in recent British history has been accorded the same status as the Battle of Britain, fought out over the skies of England in the summer and autumn of 1940 between the Royal Air Force and the German air force. The Battle followed on from the defeat of France in June 1940 and the expulsion of British forces from Continental Europe during the Dunkirk evacuation. The general expectation in Britain was of a German invasion at some point later in 1940. One way of ensuring that invasion might be postponed was to deny the German forces air superiority over southern England. The onus of achieving this fell on RAF Fighter Command. The failure of the German air force to eliminate British fighter defences played a critical part in…

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