Posted on 07/09/2007 11:10:03 PM PDT by fishhound
1940: Luftwaffe launches Battle of Britain
The German Air Force, the Luftwaffe, has mounted a series of attacks on shipping convoys off the south-east coast of England.
It is the first major assault by the Luftwaffe and is being seen as what the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, dubbed in a speech three weeks ago as the beginning of the "Battle of Britain".
Although heavily outnumbered, the British fighter pilots put up a fierce fight and succeeded in driving off the attackers.
The Air Ministry says they inflicted "the greatest damage on the German air force since bombing raids on this country began".
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