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title: Battle of Britain text: Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain (, literally "The Air Battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The British officially recognise the battle's duration as being from 10 July until 31 October 1940, which overlaps the period of large-scale night attacks known as the Blitz, that lasted from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941. German historians title: Battle of Britain text: cancelled. Books General Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain (, literally "The Air Battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The British officially recognise the battle's duration as being from 10 July until 31 October 1940, which overlaps the period of large-scale night attacks known as the Blitz, that lasted from 7 September 1940 to 11 May title: Battle of Britain text: and those in Fighter Command. In other words the two sides were suffering almost the same losses in trained aircrew, in proportion to their overall strengths. In the Battle of Britain, for the first time during the Second World War, the German war machine had set itself a major task which it patently failed to achieve, and so demonstrated that it was not invincible. In stiffening the resolve of those determined to resist Hitler the battle was an important turning point in the conflict. The British victory in the Battle of Britain was achieved at a heavy cost. Total British title: World War II text: by Germany. The Battle of Britain began in early July with Luftwaffe attacks on shipping and harbours. The United Kingdom rejected Hitler's ultimatum, and the German air superiority campaign started in August but failed to defeat RAF Fighter Command. Due to this the proposed German invasion of Britain was postponed indefinitely on 17September. The German strategic bombing offensive intensified with night attacks on London and other cities in the Blitz, but failed to significantly disrupt the British war effort and largely ended in May 1941. Using newly captured French ports, the German Navy enjoyed success against an over-extended Royal Navy, title: Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II text: the command of the British Admiral Cunningham, intercepted those of the Italian "Regia Marina", under Admiral Angelo Iachino. The Allies sank the heavy cruisers "Fiume", "Zara" and "Pola" and the destroyers "Vittorio Alfieri" and "Giosue Carducci", and damaged the battleship "Vittorio Veneto". The British lost one torpedo plane and suffered light damage to some ships. Germany launched its invasion of Yugoslavia on 6 April 1941, winning a quick victory but delaying the much larger planned invasion of Russia (Operation Barbarossa). The Battle of Greece (also known as to the Wehrmacht as "Operation Marita", or "Unternehmen Marita") pitted Greek and British