In his most inspiring wartime speech in August 1940, Winston Churchill declared that if Britain prevailed in her epic quest ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...

The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in ...

Nazi Germany overran France and forced the British army to evacuate at Dunkirk. Severely lacking in military equipment, Britain and her empire now stood alone against Adolf Hitler's forces.

History was part of ... began detailing their preparations for the invasion of Britain, the RAF was steeling itself for the critical battle to come.

LONDON — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that ...

He was a pilot in the Battle of Britain at age 21. Those who fought in the three-and-a-half-month battle came to be known as “The Few,” following on then PM, Sir Winston Churchill.

The annual Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication on Battle of Britain Sunday will be held in Westminster Abbey on 15th September. The service will mark the 84th anniversary of the remarkable ...

Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway died last month aged 105. The decorated hero was the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot. He was shot down four times during World War Two, and flew ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...

A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication on Battle of Britain Sunday will be held in Westminster Abbey. The service will mark the 82nd anniversary of the remarkable victory by Royal Air Force pilots ...

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940: “Never in the field of human conflict ...