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The 20th Maine and the adjacent 83rd Pennsylvania together captured many men from both Alabama regiments (including Lt. Col. Michael Bulger, commander of the 47th), [4] as well as several other men of the 4th Alabama and 4th and 5th Texas regiments of the same division. Had the 20th Maine retreated from the hill, the entire Union line would ...
The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp [1] to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.
The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, lit. 'air battle for England') was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
The Royal Navy in the Battle of Britain. The Historian 54:2 (1992: Winter), pp. 243–254; McKinstry, Leo (2014). Operation Sealion; How Britain crushed the German War Machine's dreams of invasion in 1940. John Murray. ISBN 978-1-84854-704-9. Macksey, Kenneth (1980). Invasion: The German Invasion of England, July 1940.
The AMO also defined the squadrons that were deemed to have fought in the battle under the control of RAF Fighter Command between 0001 hours on 10 July and 2359 hours on 31 October 1940; the official beginning and end of the battle. A total of 71 squadrons and other units from Fighter Command, Coastal Command and the Fleet Air Arm are listed. [1]
The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...
Battle of Britain Day: Battle of Britain: Western Front: 1940-09-15 United Kingdom Germany: Allies Graveney Marsh: Battle of Britain: Western Front: 1940-09-27 United Kingdom Germany: Allies Italian invasion of British Somaliland: East African campaign: African Front: 1940-08-03 1940-08-19 United Kingdom Australia South Africa Italy: Axis The ...
The Battle of Britain had been won, and on 12 October 1940, unknown to the British, Hitler rescheduled Sea Lion for early 1941. By then, the state of Britain's defences had much improved, with many more trained and equipped men becoming available and field fortifications reaching a high state of readiness.