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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.
Royal navy won a battle; a small-scale Jacobite invasion was defeated; Treaty of The Hague: Spanish attempt at expansion fails. Dummer's War (1721–1725) New England Colonies Mohawk: Wabanaki Confederacy: British victory. Britain recognises the rights of the region's indigenous inhabitants. The War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748)
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
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The Corpo Aereo Italiano (CAI) was an expeditionary force of the Regia Aeronautica that participated in the very late stages of the Battle of Britain. A BR.20 bomber of the Corpo Aereo Italiano The bomber element consisted of some 70 Fiat BR.20 twin engined bombers of 13° Stormo and 43° Stormo . based in Belgium.
Non-British personnel in the RAF during the Battle of Britain; Battle of Britain Bunker; Battle of Britain Day; Battle of Britain Memorial Flight; Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne; Battle of Britain Monument, London; Kent Battle of Britain Museum; British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War
This is a Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II covering Britain 1939–45. For a narrative history and bibliography of the home front see United Kingdom home front during World War II, as well as history of Scotland § Second World War 1939–45 and history of Northern Ireland § Second World War. [1]