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The Kanalkampf ("Canal Struggle") was the German name given to a series of air battles between the German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force (RAF) over the English Channel which marked the beginning of the Battle of Britain in July 1940, during the early phases of the Second World War.In June 1940 the Allies had been defeated in Western Europe and Scandinavia.

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Kanalkampf

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Royal Navy: 35 transport ships sunk ~300 casualties in total 4 destroyers 19 pilots wounded in action 42 fighters damaged losses include some neutral ships 4 pilotsmissing in actionref|45 Spitfires destroyed20 Spitfires severely damaged4 Spitfires lightly damaged64 Hurricanes destroyed12 Hurricanes severely damaged6 Hurricanes lightly damaged6 Defiants destroyed10 crewmen killed2 wounded|group=N 71 pilotskilled in action RAF: at least 176 sailors killed 115fightersdestroyed 7 fishing vessels a number of naval vessels

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United Kingdom Allied naval: Poland Germany Belgium Netherlands Canada Norway

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dbpedia:Trafford_Leigh-Mallory n5:_1st_Baron_Dowding dbpedia:Albert_Kesselring dbpedia:Hermann_Göring dbpedia:Hugo_Sperrle dbpedia:Alfred_Saalwächter dbpedia:Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen dbpedia:Keith_Park

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1940-08-11Z

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dbpedia:Battle_of_Britain

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dbpedia:English_Channel dbpedia:England

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Limited German victory

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