The Battle of Britain: 75th Years Ago Today Germans Launched Waves of Attacks against England
The German Luftwaffe considered August 13, 1940 the beginning of the Battle of Britain. It was called “Aldertag” or “Eagle Day,” and was marked by a series of concentrated air attacks launched against Essex, Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, England. German aviation forces carried out a total of more than 1400 missions and RAF Fighter Command flew more than 720 combat sorties in response. The strategy behind the German attack was to test the British defenses to gauge whether or n
