Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939)

When

18 Dec 1939

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

54.03° N, 8.26° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939).

WWII: Battle of the Heligoland Bight – RAF Bomber Command, on a daylight mission to attack Kriegsmarine ships in the Heligoland Bight, is repulsed by Luftwaffe fighter aircraft.

First major aerial battle of WWII

The Battle of the Heligoland Bight was the first "named" air battle of the Second World War, which began the longest air campaign of the war on 3 September 1939, the Defence of the Reich. After the declaration of war, RAF Bomber Command began operations against Nazi Germany but limited their attacks to those targets that were purely military and had little risk of civilian casualties.

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