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- '''"Battle of Britain"''' is the term used for the successful defence of Great Britain in 1940. I ...battle-of-britain/battle-of-britain-timeline-10-july-1940-31-october-1940/ Battle of Britain Timeline: 10 July 1940 – 31 October 1940]. Bentley Prior Museum. Retrieve4 KB (583 words) - 10:49, 8 April 2024
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- * Richard Townshend Bickers, "The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Battle in the History of Air Warfare", Salamander, New York, * Derek Wood, Derek Dempster, "The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940", Smithsonian Institution, Washington,3 KB (433 words) - 11:49, 31 October 2008
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- ...ome.html The Battle of Britain History Site] (The RAF's perspective of the Battle of Britain, cataloguing the official reports of the Battle fought over Britain between *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/battle_of_britain The Battle of Britain] BBC History site2 KB (352 words) - 09:42, 15 September 2013
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- ...ome.html The Battle of Britain History Site] (The RAF's perspective of the Battle of Britain, cataloguing the official reports of the Battle fought over Britain between *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/battle_of_britain The Battle of Britain] BBC History site2 KB (352 words) - 09:42, 15 September 2013
- ...e [[Spanish Civil War]], and then forces in the [[Battle of France]] and [[Battle of Britain]], but was relieved for not stopping Allied forces after the [[Battle of No456 bytes (71 words) - 13:42, 23 August 2009
- ...d War]] German [[fighter aircraft]]; principal escort fighter during the [[Battle of Britain]]166 bytes (19 words) - 16:16, 27 September 2008
- * Richard Townshend Bickers, "The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Battle in the History of Air Warfare", Salamander, New York, * Derek Wood, Derek Dempster, "The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940", Smithsonian Institution, Washington,3 KB (433 words) - 11:49, 31 October 2008
- Commander of [[Fighter Command]] of the [[Royal Air Force]] during the [[Battle of Britain]]128 bytes (17 words) - 10:14, 25 September 2008
- {{r|Battle of Britain}}212 bytes (29 words) - 13:44, 23 August 2009
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- ...r support]] in the early blitzkriegs, but was too slow to survive in the [[Battle of Britain]] and against later fighters211 bytes (32 words) - 09:17, 5 April 2024
- ...n [[Supermarine Spitfire]], was the main killer of German bombers in the [[Battle of Britain]]; it moved afterwards to ground attack roles266 bytes (38 words) - 23:53, 27 September 2008
- {{seealso|Battle of Britain}} ...eved they needed [[air supremacy]] to cross the [[English Channel]]. The [[Battle of Britain]] was fought, from the German perspective, to achieve that air supremacy. T2 KB (305 words) - 14:32, 29 December 2010
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- ...was a vitally important factor of World War II. Fighter Command won the [[Battle of Britain]] in 1940 and, from 1941 to 1945, Bomber Command was in frequent operation504 bytes (77 words) - 11:00, 8 April 2024
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- ...e it was near-suicidal to take a Blenheim against agile [[Me-109]]s in the Battle of Britain, with the advent of airborne [[radar]], the Blenheim became a competent nig1 KB (204 words) - 18:22, 31 January 2009
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- ...e 3. It was effective in the [[Battle of France]] but less so in the the [[Battle of Britain]]. Had [[Operation Sea Lion]] been carried out, he would have commanded one1 KB (160 words) - 14:42, 29 December 2010
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- ...more elegant looking aircraft. While many think of it as dominating the [[Battle of Britain]], and it certainly was active in that battle, the [[Hawker Hurricane]] des1 KB (173 words) - 18:35, 27 September 2008
- * [[Battle of Britain]]375 bytes (60 words) - 00:38, 6 September 2008
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- ...receiver, but it has proved invaluable in wartime, especially during the [[Battle of Britain]] in 1940.621 bytes (99 words) - 15:36, 3 April 2024
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- '''"Battle of Britain"''' is the term used for the successful defence of Great Britain in 1940. I ...battle-of-britain/battle-of-britain-timeline-10-july-1940-31-october-1940/ Battle of Britain Timeline: 10 July 1940 – 31 October 1940]. Bentley Prior Museum. Retrieve4 KB (583 words) - 10:49, 8 April 2024
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- ...ert Kesselring''' commanded one of the two main German air fleets in the [[Battle of Britain]]. Subsequently, he became the German theater commander for the Italian the1 KB (153 words) - 22:54, 22 January 2009
- ...troyer") was a twin-engine design that quickly proved vulnerable in the [[Battle of Britain]]. While it could fight and win with older fighters encountered in the Poli843 bytes (128 words) - 16:18, 27 September 2008
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- Perhaps the key defensive fighter in the [[Battle of Britain]], the '''Hawker Hurricane''' has been somewhat eclipsed in general awarene2 KB (287 words) - 18:34, 27 September 2008
- ..., making it a spare parts nightmare. Nevertheless, it served well in the [[Battle of Britain]]. Variants were produced in Czechoslovakia and Spain, and, somewhat ironic1 KB (160 words) - 07:38, 25 February 2009
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- ...more flexibility in the flight path. Unfortunately, most bombers in the [[Battle of Britain]] were escorted, and the Defiant was almost helpless against the more maneu2 KB (265 words) - 00:15, 3 February 2009
- * ''Bush Parker: An Australian Battle of Britain Pilot in Colditz'', 20071 KB (198 words) - 20:01, 14 September 2013
- ...tive in the blitzkriegs of 1939 and 1940, but too slow to survice in the [[Battle of Britain]]. It was, however, quite accurate when it could deliver [[gravity bomb|bom2 KB (285 words) - 09:17, 5 April 2024
- * Overy, Richard. ''The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Britain-M4 KB (520 words) - 20:52, 8 July 2009
- ...perations against the German ally. A number of Australians fought in the [[Battle of Britain]] in August and September of that year, but the Australian Army did not see8 KB (1,187 words) - 10:49, 23 February 2024
- ...invasion of Britain, [[Operation Sea Lion]], was to be attempted. In the [[Battle of Britain]], the Luftwaffe failed in that strategic mission, and the invasion was can3 KB (543 words) - 10:16, 19 September 2013
- ...he better-organized [[integrated air defense system]] encountered in the [[Battle of Britain]].2 KB (363 words) - 15:31, 8 April 2024
- *{{pl|Battle of Britain}} '''also in military''' *{{pl|Battle of Britain}} '''also in history'''9 KB (1,159 words) - 17:35, 14 March 2024
- {{r|Battle of Britain}}2 KB (278 words) - 17:08, 22 March 2024
- ...on Britain, with the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] being as critical as the [[Battle of Britain]].9 KB (1,305 words) - 05:33, 31 May 2009
- ...nd Navy navy insisted on air supremacy over the [[English Channel]], the [[Battle of Britain]] was Germany's first strategic defeat. ...site to the turn of the opposing Luftwaffe Messerschmitt 109E, during the Battle of Britain, 1940}}17 KB (2,638 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
- ...in the Second World War#Battle of Britain|SIGINT in the Second World War - Battle of Britain. One of the first and critical aspects has been called the "battle of the b14 KB (2,151 words) - 07:29, 18 March 2024
- {{seealso|Battle of Britain}} Complicating the situation was the [[Battle of Britain]], intensifying in August and September.17 KB (2,869 words) - 19:18, 15 October 2013
- ===Battle of Britain=== ELINT and electronic warfare became critical parts of the Battle of Britain. Reginald Victor Jones|R.V. Jones was a key scientist in the "Battle of the23 KB (3,456 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- ...computer assistance other than in the brains of the defenders, was in the Battle of Britain.<ref name=RAFBOB>{{citation | title=Battle of Britain18 KB (2,744 words) - 04:39, 5 April 2024
- ...r will always get through" certainly was not true in WWII, as early as the Battle of Britain. Allied daylight bombers needed fighter escort to avoid catastrophic loss r8 KB (1,218 words) - 05:21, 31 March 2024
- ...Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible Triumph of the Battle of Britain'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1593760477/ref=sib_dp_pop_ex/103- * Hough, Richard and Denis Richards. ''The Battle of Britain (1989) 480 pp24 KB (3,512 words) - 10:50, 23 February 2024
- ...gh to cover the losses — and Fighter Command emerged triumphantly from the Battle of Britain in October with more aircraft than it had possessed at the beginning. <ref>24 KB (3,777 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...tang pursuit planes after 1943. The Luftwaffe was narrowly defeated in the Battle of Britain (1940), and reached maximum size pf 1.9 million airmen in 1942. Grueling op ==Battle of Britain: 1940==35 KB (5,382 words) - 13:16, 6 April 2024
- ...tial effort in [[Operation Desert Storm]] was SEAD; the Germans lost the [[Battle of Britain]] through failure to understand SEAD against an early [[integrated air defe8 KB (1,222 words) - 09:01, 28 April 2024
- : July-September: [[Battle of Britain]][http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_of_britain_01.shtml]54 KB (7,884 words) - 12:15, 14 February 2024
- ...er strategic campaign began with small British raids in 1940, during the [[Battle of Britain]], but major bombing programs continued from 1942 to the end of the war. Du ...n was the first to develop an [[integrated air defense system]], for the [[Battle of Britain]], but Germany responded with the [[Kammhuber line]]. Both sides fought an31 KB (4,759 words) - 04:41, 12 November 2013
- *'''Battle of Britain''': the British integrated air defense system17 KB (2,545 words) - 05:11, 31 March 2024
- Even before the Battle of Britain, in March 1940, British scientific intelligence, under R.V. Jones, became a30 KB (4,571 words) - 06:56, 4 April 2024
- ...-87 Stuka]] in Poland and France. Stukas were quickly withdrawn from the [[Battle of Britain]]; to fly the slow Stuka against the extremely competent British fighter fo Still, his forces did well in 1939 and 1940, until they fought the [[Battle of Britain]], which failed to gain air superiority for the [[Operation Sea Lion]] inva67 KB (10,629 words) - 08:30, 4 May 2024
- ===Swarming by the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain=== In contrast, Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command, in the Battle of Britain, had excellent communications and coordination. While radar is often credit59 KB (8,914 words) - 07:36, 18 March 2024
- Germany lost the Battle of Britain when the Luftwaffe failed to recognize it faced an integrated air defense s13 KB (2,090 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- ...red to be imminent defeat was only narrowly averted in the course of the [[Battle of Britain]], and again during the [[Battle of the Atlantic]]. After the [[fall of Fra71 KB (11,140 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...tang pursuit planes after 1943. The Luftwaffe was narrowly defeated in the Battle of Britain (1940), and reached maximum size pf 1.9 million airmen in 1942. Grueling op ==Battle of Britain: 1940==105 KB (16,641 words) - 13:15, 6 April 2024
- ...orway, North Africa, Italy, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In the [[Battle of Britain]] in 1940, Polish airmen were responsible for more than 15 per cent of the91 KB (13,963 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- ...ral Weygand called the "[[Battle of France]]" is over. I expect that the [[Battle of Britain]] is about to begin. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this isl ====The Battle of Britain and the Blitz====171 KB (25,041 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024