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.

RAF stands for the Royal Air Force and they fought the war from aeroplanes built specially for fighting. This was where the Battle of Britain was fought, in the skies over southern Britain ...

fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940 and thus dealing Nazi Germany its first major defeat in World War II: “Never in the field of human conflict was so ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips ... was one of the turning points of World War Two and prevented Germany from invading Britain. Photo: A RAF fighter squadron 'scrambles ...