What the records say
- When
- 18 Aug 1940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.00° N, 2.00° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Battle of Britain.
Summary
WWII: "The Hardest Day" in the Battle of Britain: Both sides lose more aircraft combined on this day than at any other point during the campaign, without the Luftwaffe achieving dominance over RAF Fighter Command.
5 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die deutsche Luftwaffe beginnt in der Luftschlacht um England mit einer Serie von Großangriffen auf Einrichtungen der britischen Royal Air Force”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “August Offer : au début de la bataille d'Angleterre, le vice-roi des Indes, Lord Linlithgow, présente ce que l'on appelle l'offre d'août”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Гитлер издал директиву №17 о проведении широкой воздушной войны против Англии, началась Битва за Англию”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “不列顛空戰爆發。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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