<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi neMpi YaseBrithani ngo - 1940, i - RAF yavikela amazulu aseBrithani ngokumelene namaJalimane ayedlula ngobuningi. Kulokho okungenzeka kube umkhankaso womoya omude kakhulu futhi oyinkimbinkimbi emlandweni, iMpi YaseBrithani yaba negalelo elikhulu ekubambezeleni nasekuhlehlisweni okungapheli kwe-Operation Sea Lion, izinhlelo zikaHitler zokuhlasela i-UK. E-House of Commons ngomhlaka-20 Agasti, ekhuthazwe yimizamo eqhubekayo ye-RAF, uNdunankulu uWinston Churchill wenza inkulumo esizweni, lapho athi khona Akukaze kwenzeke emkhakheni wokungqubuzana kwabantu ukuthi abaningi bakweleta kakhulu abambalwa kangaka. Umzamo omkhulu we-RAF phakathi nempi kwakuwumkhankaso wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu amasu ngokumelene neJalimane yiBomber Command. Ngenkathi ukuhlaselwa kwamabhomu e-RAF eJalimane kwaqala cishe ngokushesha nje lapho kuqala impi ekuqaleni kwakungasebenzi; kwaba kamuva kuphela, ikakhulukazi ngaphansi kobuholi be-Air Chief Marshal Harris, ukuthi lezi zihlaselo zaba nomonakalo omkhulu, kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-1943 kuqhubeke, njengoba ubuchwepheshe obusha nenani elikhulu lezindiza eziphakeme zatholakala. I - RAF yamukela ukubhomba ebusuku emadolobheni aseJalimane njengeHamburg  <response>: neDresden. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ebusuku kwakha ingxenye enkulu yomkhankaso wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-RAF, ikakhulukazi ngenxa kaHarris, kodwa futhi yathuthukisa amasu okuqhumisa amabhomu ngokunemba kwemisebenzi ethile, njengokuhlaselwa kwe- Dambusters yiNo. 617 Squadron, noma ukuhlaselwa kwejele lase-Amiens okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-Operation Jericho. 