"United Kingdom" . "Royal Navy:" . . "Allied naval:" . "Poland" . . "35 transport ships sunk" . "Kanalkampf"@en . "~300 casualties in total" . "4 destroyers" . . . "19 pilots wounded in action" . . "Germany" . "42 fighters damaged" . "Belgium" . . "Limited German victory" . "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" . . . "Netherlands" . . "1940-08-11Z"^^ . "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."@en . "71 pilotskilled in action" . "Canada" . "RAF:" . . "at least 176 sailors killed" . "115fightersdestroyed" . "Norway" . . "7 fishing vessels" . "a number of naval vessels" . . .