Highlights Luftwaffe's reconnaissance and bombing roles in Polish campai...

Highlights Luftwaffe's reconnaissance and bombing roles in Polish campai...

Battle of Britain by Miro Sarić

Introduction

 The Battle of Britain  is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date.

Air battles and bombing runs was fought mostly around southern England and English Channel, with defending side was RAF (Royal army force)  and RCAF (Royal Canadian air force)  mounting some 1900 planes at the peak of conflict.
And from attacking side Luftwaffe (German air force)  and Regia Aeronautica (Italian air force)  mounting some 2500 planes at the peak of conflict.