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   Where did the Battle of Britain take place?

   • These were based in an arc around England from Norway to the Cherbourg Peninsula in northern coastal France. The preliminaries of the Battle of Britain occupied June and July 1940, the climax August and September, and the aftermath—the so-called Blitz—the winter of 1940–41.

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   Is the Battle of Britain about to begin?

   • I expect the battle of Britain is about to begin" (Overy, 9). Britain was hardly ready for the war that so swiftly came to its shores. In total, the RAF had lost 931 aircraft and suffered over 1,500 casualties in the defence of France, including the loss of over 500 pilots.

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   What happened at the Battle of Britain?

   • Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF from July to September 1940.

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   How many people died in the Battle of Britain?

   • The British victory in the Battle of Britain was achieved at a heavy cost. Total British civilian losses from July to December 1940 were 23,002 dead and 32,138 wounded, with one of the largest single raids on 19 December 1940, in which almost 3,000 civilians died.

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   The Battle of Britain ( German: Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany 's air force, the Luftwaffe.

   • Location: British airspace, English Channel

   • Result: British victory

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   Jun 19, 2024 · Battle of Britain, during World War II, the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force from July through September 1940, after the fall of France. Learn more about the Battle of Britain in this article.

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   • The Battle of Britain was the successful defense of Great Britain against the air raids conducted by the German air force in 1940 after the fall of...
   • The Battle of Britain took place between July and September 1940 during World War II.
   • Winston Churchill was the British prime minister during the Battle of Britain.
   • Acknowledging the importance of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared, “Never in the field of hum...

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   Outnumbered and outgunned RAF Fighter Command were the last line of defence in pushing back the Luftwaffe and Hitler’s invasion of Britain in 1940. In this f...

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   Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the air battle between Britain's RAF and Germany's Luftwaffe in 1940, which prevented Hitler's invasion of Britain. Find out how Churchill, the RAF and the Dowding System won the battle and changed the course of the war.

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   May 8, 2024 · The Battle of Britain, dated 10 July to 31 October, 1940 by the UK Air Ministry, was an air battle between the German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45).

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   3 days ago · World War II - Battle of Britain, RAF, Luftwaffe: With France conquered, Hitler could now turn his forces on Germany's sole remaining enemy: Great Britain.

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    The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF from July to September 1940. Their ultimate failure was one of the...