title: The Battle of Britain : The Greatest Air Battle of World War II
author:  Richard Hough 
description: A definitive account of the three-month air battle in 1940 between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe. "This is a first-rate work of scholarship written for the general reader," concluded PW. Photos. <br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  WORLD WAR II BATTLES
  
  
  
  
  
  The Greatest Battles that Defined World War II
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Hourly History.
  
  
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [BATTLE OF BRITAIN](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Sitzkrieg, the Sitting War](part0005.xhtml#toc2_Sitzkrieg__the_Sitting_War)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Phoney War Ends](part0006.xhtml#toc3_The_Phoney_War_Ends)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Battle for the Skies](part0007.xhtml#toc4_Battle_for_the_Skies)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Home Front](part0008.xhtml#toc5_The_Home_Front)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The London Blitz](part0009.xhtml#a100)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Churchill at War](part0010.xhtml#toc7_Churchill_at_War)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The End of the Battle of
  Britain](part0011.xhtml#toc8_The_End_of_the_Battle_of_Britain)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [BATTLE OF STALINGRAD](part0012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0013.xhtml#a104)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The War Begins](part0014.xhtml#toc11_The_War_Begins)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Josef Stalin: Man of Steel](part0015.xhtml#toc12_Jose