Fact vs. Fiction in Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain, which took place between July and October 1940, was a major air campaign in which Britain's Royal Air Force defended the British Isles against Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. Described by prime minister Winston Churchill as the RAF's finest hour, it was the first major military campaign in history to be fought entirely in the air. It was one of Britain's most important victories of the Second World War and prevented Germany from invading Britain.