The Battle of Britain

Contents

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations and Code-Names Used in Text

Carnage at Noon

PART ONE: BEFORE THE BATTLE

1 No Longer an Island

3 The Bomber Won’t Always Get Through

5 Bonus of Time

6 Surviving the Storm

PART TWO: THE BATTLE

8 British Day One: 10 July 1940

9 Channel Fight: 11 July-11 August

10 Clearing the Way: 12 August

11 Eagle Day – and After: 13–14 August

12 Enter – and Exit – Luftflotte 5: 15 August

13 The Assault Continues: 16 August

14 Respite and Re-engagement: 17–18 August

15 Desperate Days: 19 August–6 September

16 Strategic Turning-Point

17 The New Target: 7 September

18 ‘Ominous Quiet!’: 8–14 September

19 ‘The odds were great; our margins small; the stakes infinite’: 15 September

20 The Scent of Victory: 16–30 September

21 The Battle Fades: October

PART THREE: AFTER THE BATTLE

I	Chronology of the Battle
II	Basic Statistics of Fighter Command and Luftwaffe Aircraft Engaged in the Battle of Britain
III	Higher Command, Summer 1940
IV	Air Defence Higher Formations, July–September 1940
V	Operational Chain of Command in the Luftwaffe
VI	Equivalent Commissioned Ranks: RAF and Luftwaffe
VII	Fighter Command Order of Battle, 8 August 1940
VIII	Luftwaffe Order of Battle against Britain, 13 August 1940
IX	Anti-Aircraft Defences: Number and Location of Heavy Guns, 21 August 1940
X	The Balloon Defences, 31 August 1940
XI	Fighter Command Order of Battle, 7 September 1940
XII	100 Octane Fuel

Source References

Acknowledgments

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