What the records say
- When
- 13 Aug 1940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.00° N, 1.00° W
- Description
- 1940 first day of German military operations to destroy the British air force
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Luftwaffe Adlertag ("Eagle Day") strike on southern England occurs, starting the rapid escalation of the Battle of Britain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Adlertag, opération aérienne de la Luftwaffe (Force aérienne allemande) pour détruire la Royal Air Force britannique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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