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Adlertag ("Eagle Day") was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff ("Operation Eagle Attack"), which was the codename of a German military operation by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF). By June 1940, the Allies had been defeated in Western Europe and Scandinavia. Rather than come to terms with Germany, Britain rejected all overtures for a negotiated peace.Hitler gave the German armed forces (Wehrmacht) a directive (Directive No.

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  • Adlertag ("Eagle Day") was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff ("Operation Eagle Attack"), which was the codename of a German military operation by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF). By June 1940, the Allies had been defeated in Western Europe and Scandinavia. Rather than come to terms with Germany, Britain rejected all overtures for a negotiated peace.Hitler gave the German armed forces (Wehrmacht) a directive (Directive No.
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  • Battle of Britain
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  • 9 captured
  • 1 fighter (ground)
  • 11 bombers (air)
  • 13 fighters (air)
  • 24 aircrew killed
  • 3fighter pilots killed
  • 47 miscellaneous aircraft (ground)
  • Fighter Command:
  • Other:
  • RAF Bomber Command:
  • c. several hundred civilians
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  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
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is part of military conflict
place of military conflict
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  • British victory
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