The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by N
Spitfire and He 111 during Battle of Britain 1940
Heinkel He 111 over Wapping, East London
Heinkel He 111 during the Battle of Britain
RAF station under attack during Battle of Britain 1940
The Blitz was a bombing campaign by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It lasted for eight months, from 7 September 1940 to 16 May 1941. The name is
Battle of Britain
…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. German historians do not follow this subdivision and regard the battle as a single campaign lasting…
Hitler and Göring, March 1938
RAF pilots with one of their Hawker Hurricanes, October 1940