Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...

July 10: The Battle of Britain begins. A three-month battle fought in the skies over Britain will include destructive bombing raids on London and other cities, but by the end of October ...

The dusty airfields of the Maritimes were far removed from the fiery skies above Great Britain in 1940, but that’s where a ...

"Spitfire Paddy", as he became known, volunteered to join the RAF in 1938 and by the time the Battle of Britain began in 1940, he was in action and flying Spitfires. A film by John Bray For some ...

The battle took place on 6 January 1781 when Jersey acted as a military standpoint between Britain and France ... "delighted" to lead the event which begins at St Martin's Church at about 08: ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...

One hundred Canadians were among them. Dubbed the Battle of Britain, it was the first decisive clash of Second World War and the first battle in history to be fought exclusively in the air.

To successfully invade Britain, Germany needed to control the skies over the English channel. This led to the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, followed by the targeted bombing of towns and ...