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.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Britain canonical 147
Battle of Britain (First World War air defence operations) 1
Battle of Britain (air component affecting Western Front) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air campaign ⓘ
battle ⓘ
airDefenseSystemComponent Dowding system ⓘ
surface form: Chain Home radar stations

Observer Corps ⓘ
filter rooms ⓘ
sector operations rooms ⓘ
airForceOfGermany Luftwaffe ⓘ
airForceOfUnitedKingdom Royal Air Force ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Britain ⓘ
surface form: 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 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: 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 European theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
year 1940 ⓘ

Referenced by (158)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Battle of Britain ⓘ
European theatre of World War II → campaign → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of Britain → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftschlacht um England
Battle of Britain → memorialDay → Battle of Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Britain Day
Blitz → partOf → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Royal Air Force → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Luftwaffe → roleInConflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire → famousEngagement → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Dowding system → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Hugh Dowding → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Churchill government → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
ETO → includesEvent → Battle of Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
Hawker Hurricane → usedInBattle → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Observer Corps → notableConflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Hurricane → usedInConflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Hawker Hurricane
Jagdgeschwader 26 → participatedIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Regia Aeronautica → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Chain Home radar network → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Chain Home
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → notablyActiveDuring → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Stuffy → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Dowding
Bentley Priory → significantEvent → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Western Front → notableEvent → Battle of Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
this entity surface form: Battle of Britain (air component affecting Western Front)
Battle of France → ledTo → Battle of Britain ⓘ
37th United Kingdom Parliament → significantEvent → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Heinkel He 111 → usedInOperation → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Polish Air Force → conflict → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of Dunkirk → followedBy → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Biggin Hill → battle → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Kampfgeschwader 53 → notableOperation → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Supermarine → spitfireUsedIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Operation Sea Lion → relatedOperation → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Dornier Do 17 → usedInOperation → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Military history of the United Kingdom → significantEvent → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 110 → sawActionIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Junkers Ju 87 → notableUse → Battle of Britain ⓘ
The Blitz → precededBy → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen → participatedIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Chain Home Low → usedInTheatre → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Royal Air Force Fighter Command → notableEngagement → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Allied air forces → participatedIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Channel → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Britain (air operations over and near the Channel)
museum of the Battle of Britain → hasMainSubject → Battle of Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Museum of the Battle of Britain
Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 → campaign → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Erhard Milch → participantIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Sholto Douglas → participatedIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ
British home front during World War II → hasPart → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Hugo Sperrle → participantIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → significantEvent → Battle of Britain ⓘ
Werner Mölders → participatedIn → Battle of Britain ⓘ