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BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940
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LIFE AND DEATH FOR THE LUFTWAFFE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war
This fantastic plan, which led the then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS), Air Vice-Marshal Arthur T Harris, to remark ‘the story, that appears too fantastic for words, might have a fortunate outco
Flight’s glamorous beginnings
To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict
On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying