As World War Two got under way ... equally well in the air battle to come, then maybe there was hope. Everything now hinged on the war in the air. The Battle of Britain commenced - three weeks ...

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 ...

Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, backed by the Soviet Union, was the first success of Hitler’s Blitzkrieg and effectively erased Poland from the map of Europe ... to so few. The Battle of 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 ...

Each day as the battle in the sky developed, the German attacks were plotted almost minute by minute on this giant map ... of Britain. This short film is from the BBC series, World War Two with ...

Polish military forces are unprepared for the ferocity of Germany's attack.When efforts to negotiate a withdrawal fail, Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. May ...

Dubbed the Battle of Britain, it was the first decisive clash of Second World War and the first battle in ... not German planes. Two planes escaped, a third did not. As Battle of Britain continued ...