In the summer of 1940, the fate of Britain hung in the balance. The Luftwaffe launched relentless air raids, but the RAF stood firm. This video recreates a critical moment in the Battle of Britain, as ...

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940: “Never in the field of human conflict ...

I'm a historian and I've been going through the BBC archives looking for stories explaining the events of WWII. The war was ... otherwise known as the Battle of Britain. ANDREW MARR: On the ...

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. The Battle of Britain was won. Eventually, World War II was won, and the exhausted Allied forces were reluctant to continue ...

Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War II for control of the skies over Britain as the new Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force determine whether or not an invasion can ...

Matt Ziemann rates eight World War II dogfight scenes in movies for realism ... (2001), starring Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett; and "Battle of Britain" (1969), starring Michael Caine.

After all, it was the most famous fighter of the Battle of Britain, not to mention arguably Great Britain’s most famous fighter ever made (though the World War I Sopwith Camel also has a strong ...