History and Operations
Battle of Britain
Added during 2010
2010-09-14
7 September 1940. The London Blitz began in the afternoon of 7 September with the first mass daylight air raid on the docks area.
2010-09-14
6 September 1940 By the beginning of September, London had entered its second year in the war. Three million men were called to arms, ...
2010-09-08
5 September 1940 Leutnant Franz von Werra was one of several Luftwaffe personalities who rose from obscurity to fame in a space of merely ...
2010-09-06
5 September 1940 As the first week of September was nearing its end, Fighter Command, which had been constantly mauled for three weeks, reached ...
2010-08-30
24 August – 6 September 1940 Phase two of Adlerangriff did not immediately follow the first because of additional concentration of German fighter forces ...
2010-08-27
19 August 1940 Luftwaffe activities between the Adlertag and 18 August, which marked the end of the first phase of their assault, followed essentially ...
2010-08-25
18 August 1940 During the five days of the offensive which had started on the Eagle Day, the Germans were probing for gaps in ...
2010-08-23
16 August 1940 Of the two main British fighter types participating in the Battle of Britain, the rugged Hawker Hurricane was notorious for its ...
2010-08-22
15 August 1940 This day was remarkable in many respects. Five major operations were fought. The activity ranged over a front of 500 miles ...
2010-08-20
13 August 1940 Unternehmen Adlerangriff (Operation Eagle Attack), originally planned for 10 August, had to be postponed full three days because of the bad ...
