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A great series of pictures featuring the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. The British made great use of their fighters, ground control, and radar in fending off the German attacks. I read a good book about this not too long ago. The Germans didn't know it, but the RAF had used up all its reserves and the Luftwaffe was starting to whittling them down when Hitler called off the attack prior to the winter of 1940. If the Germans would have kept up the pressure through the winter and following spring they may have been able to launch an invasion of the British Isles. Fortunately, they didn't and it ended up being the first costly defeat of the war for the Germans.
A great series of pictures featuring the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. The British made great use of their fighters, ground control, and radar in fending off the German attacks. I read a good book about this not too long ago. The Germans didn't know it, but the RAF had used up all its reserves and the Luftwaffe was starting to whittling them down when Hitler called off the attack prior to the winter of 1940. If the Germans would have kept up the pressure through the winter and following spring they may have been able to launch an invasion of the British Isles. Fortunately, they didn't and it ended up being the first costly defeat of the war for the Germans.
