New Online Exhibition - A History Of The Battle Of Britain

15 July 2010

To commemorate the beginning of the second phase of the Battle of Britain the Royal Air Force Museum has,today (16th July), launched its latest online exhibition 'A History of the Battle of Britain'.

The second phase of the Battle of Britain commenced when Hitler issued his Directive No.16 to the Luftwaffe on 16th July 1940 stating that, "The English Air Force must be so reduced morally and physically that it is unable to deliver any significant attack against the German crossing (of the English Channel)".

On 17th July 1940 daylight bombing commenced of strategic British targets, leading to a substantial increase in the Battle's ferocity.

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