Battle of Britain

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air campaign battle

The Battle of Britain was a major 1940 air campaign in which the Royal Air Force successfully defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe, marking a crucial turning point in World War II.

Aliases (6)

Battle of Britain (air component affecting Western Front) ×1
Battle of Britain (air operations over and near the Channel) ×1
Battle of Britain (limited participation via Italian expeditionary force) ×1
Battle of Britain (limited use) ×1
Battle of Britain Day ×1
Luftschlacht um England ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air campaign → battle →
airDefenseSystemComponent	Chain Home radar stations → Observer Corps → filter rooms → sector operations rooms →
airForceOfGermany	Luftwaffe →
airForceOfUnitedKingdom	Royal Air Force →
alsoKnownAs	Luftschlacht um England →
belligerent	Nazi Germany → United Kingdom →
campaignType	strategic bombing campaign →
civilianImpact	bombing of British cities →
codeNameOfGermanInvasionPlan	Operation Sea Lion →
combatant	Luftwaffe → Royal Air Force →
commanderOfLuftwaffe	Hermann Göring →
commanderOfRAF	Hugh Dowding →
conflictOf	World War II →
country	United Kingdom →
defensiveForce	RAF Fighter Command →
endDate	1940-10-31 →
followedBy	The Blitz →
historicalAssessment	first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces →
location	British airspace → English Channel → United Kingdom →
memorialDay	Battle of Britain Day →
memorialDayDate	September 15 →
notableSystem	Dowding system →
notableTechnology	radar →
objectiveOfLuftwaffe	gain air superiority over Britain →
opponent	Nazi Germany →
partOf	European theatre of World War II →
precededBy	Fall of France →
primaryBritishFighterAircraft	Hawker Hurricane → Supermarine Spitfire →
primaryGermanBomberAircraft	Dornier Do 17 → Heinkel He 111 → Junkers Ju 88 →
primaryGermanFighterAircraft	Messerschmitt Bf 109 →
RAFFighterCommandHeadquarters	Bentley Priory →
result	British victory →
significance	turning point in World War II →
startDate	1940-07-10 →
strategicGoalOfGermany	prepare for possible invasion of Britain →
theatre	Western Front of World War II →
year	1940 →

Referenced by (94)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → Brian Lane (RAF officer) → British Commonwealth forces → Chain Home → Churchill government → Douglas Bader → Dowding system → Hugh Dowding → Hugh Dowding → John Grandy → Luftwaffe High Command → No. 10 Group RAF → No. 11 Group RAF → No. 111 Squadron RAF → No. 12 Group RAF → No. 13 Group RAF → No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron → No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron → Polish Air Force → RAF Bentley Priory → RAF Coastal Command → Regia Aeronautica → Royal Air Force → Sholto Douglas →	conflict
Boulton Paul Defiant → No. 41 Squadron RAF → Polish Armed Forces in the West → Polish forces → Royal Air Force Fighter Command →	notableEngagement
Allied air forces → Jagdgeschwader 26 → Sholto Douglas → Werner Mölders → Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen →	participatedIn
37th United Kingdom Parliament → 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → Bentley Priory → Military history of the United Kingdom → RAF Bentley Priory →	significantEvent
Dietrich Hrabak → Gerhard Schöpfel → Josef Priller → Polish forces →	theaterOfOperations
Bristol Blenheim → Kampfgeschwader 53 → No. 11 Squadron RAF →	notableOperation
Erhard Milch → Hans-Jürgen Stumpff → Hugo Sperrle →	participantIn
Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 → European theatre of World War II →	campaign
British home front during World War II → World War II →	hasPart
Sholto Douglas → Western Front (World War II) ("Battle of Britain (air component affecting Western Front)") →	notableEvent
Junkers Ju 87 → Knickebein →	notableUse
Dornier Do 17 → Heinkel He 111 →	usedInOperation
Three Steps to Victory →	aboutEvent
Battle of Britain ("Luftschlacht um England") →	alsoKnownAs
White Cliffs of Dover →	associatedWith
Biggin Hill →	battle
RAF Chapel of Remembrance at Biggin Hill →	commemorates
Luftflotte 2 →	engagedIn
No. 3 Squadron RAF →	engagement
Supermarine Spitfire →	famousEngagement
Three Steps to Victory →	focusesOn
Battle of Dunkirk →	followedBy
Channel ("Battle of Britain (air operations over and near the Channel)") →	hasHistoricalEvent
Museum of the Battle of Britain →	hasMainSubject
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
No. 10 Group RAF →	historicalPeriod
European Theater of Operations →	includesEvent
Battle of France →	ledTo
Battle of Britain ("Battle of Britain Day") →	memorialDay
Observer Corps →	notableConflict
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command →	notablyActiveDuring
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) →	operatedDuringConflict
Blitz →	partOf
The Blitz →	precededBy
Unternehmen Seelöwe →	relatedEvent
Operation Sea Lion →	relatedOperation
Luftwaffe →	roleInConflict
Messerschmitt Bf 110 →	sawActionIn
Supermarine →	spitfireUsedIn
No. 41 Squadron RAF →	theatre
Flying Pencil →	tookPartIn
Junkers Jumo 211 →	usedDuring
Hawker Hurricane →	usedInBattle
Hawker Hurricane →	usedInConflict
Fiat BR.20 Cicogna ("Battle of Britain (limited use)") →	usedInTheater
Chain Home Low →	usedInTheatre
Fiat G.50 Freccia ("Battle of Britain (limited participation via Italian expeditionary force)") →	usedOnFront