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- Battle_of_Britain abstract "The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, literally \"Air battle for England\") is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF) against an onslaught by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) which began at the end of June 1940. In Britain, the officially recognised dates are 10 July – 31 October 1940, overlapping with the period of large-scale night attacks known as The Blitz. German historians do not accept this subdivision, and regard the Luftschlacht um England as a campaign lasting from July 1940 to June 1941. The Battle of Britain has been described as the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces.The primary objective of the Nazi German forces was to force Britain to agree to a negotiated peace settlement. An air and sea blockade began in July 1940, with coastal shipping convoys, ports and shipping centres such as Portsmouth the main targets of the Luftwaffe. A direction issued on 1 August for the Luftwaffe's Adlertag campaign to achieve air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF) with the aim of incapacitating RAF Fighter Command, and shifted attacks to RAF airfields and infrastructure. As the battle progressed, the Luftwaffe also targeted factories involved in World War II aircraft production and ground infrastructure. Eventually the Luftwaffe resorted to attacking areas of political significance and using terror bombing strategy.By preventing Germany from gaining air superiority, the British forced Adolf Hitler to postpone and eventually cancel Operation Sea Lion, a planned amphibious and airborne invasion of Britain. However, Germany continued bombing operations on Britain, known as The Blitz. The failure of Nazi Germany to achieve its objective of destroying Britain's air defences in order to force Britain to negotiate an armistice (or even surrender outright) is considered by Steven Bungay to be its first major defeat in World War II, and a crucial turning point in the conflict.The Battle of Britain has an unusual distinction in that it gained its name prior to being fought. The name is derived from a famous speech delivered by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the House of Commons on 18 June, more than three weeks prior to the generally accepted date for the start of the battle:... What General Weygand has called The Battle of France is over. The battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of a perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, \"This was their finest hour\".".
- Battle_of_Britain causalties "1,547 aircraft destroyed".
- Battle_of_Britain causalties "422 aircrew wounded".
- Battle_of_Britain causalties "544 aircrew (RAF Fighter Command), 718 (RAF Bomber Command), 280 (RAF Coastal Command) killed".
- Battle_of_Britain combatant "(including the incorporated air forces)ref|The Polish, Czech and most other national contingents were, at this time, incorporated into the RAF itself: the Polish Air Force, for example, was not given sovereignty until June 1944. Although under RAF operational control, RCAF pilots in the BoB were technically flying for the RCAF| group = nb:".
- Battle_of_Britain commander Adolf_Hitler.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Albert_Kesselring.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Benito_Mussolini.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Führer.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Hans-Jürgen_Stumpff.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Hermann_Göring.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Hugh_Dowding,_1st_Baron_Dowding.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Hugo_Sperrle.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Keith_Park.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Prime_Minister_of_Canada.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Prime_Minister_of_Italy.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Quintin_Brand.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Richard_Saul.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Rino_Corso_Fougier.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Trafford_Leigh-Mallory.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Wilhelm_Keitel.
- Battle_of_Britain commander William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King.
- Battle_of_Britain commander Winston_Churchill.
- Battle_of_Britain date "1940-10-31".
- Battle_of_Britain isPartOfMilitaryConflict World_War_II.
- Battle_of_Britain result "Decisive British victory".
- Battle_of_Britain strength "1,963 serviceable aircraft".
- Battle_of_Britain strength "2,550 serviceable aircraft.".
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