The Battle of Britain was a Second World War air campaign fought from 10 July to 31 October 1940, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe. Named after a June 1940 speech by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, it is considered the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces, and it ended in a British victory. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Battle TypeSustained aerial campaign 1 LocationBritish airspace and the English Channel 1 Battle Type
Battle Type (category) Connections
Fought In
The Royal Air Force's Fighter Command won the Battle of Britain in 1940, defeating the Luftwaffe's campaign for air superiority
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Found In
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Source Wikidata: Battle of Britain
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Britain
Lead section, para 1
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Lead section
The British officially recognise the battle's duration as being from 10 July until 31 October 1940, which overlaps the period of large-scale night attacks known as the Blitz, that lasted from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941.
Infobox: Location
British airspace, English Channel
Infobox: Result
British victory
- The first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces, per the entity's own sourced description; new controlled term added since no existing category covered an air campaign.
Part Of: World War II, Infobox: part_of
the Western Front of World War II
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Wikidata Q154720, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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