Remembering when...
Remembering when...
London was bombed from 1940 until 1941 which became known as the Blitz By Ken Hayes - Honorary Membership Secretary In 1940 when France had surrendered to Germany and the British Expeditionary Force had been evacuated from Dunkirk, Hitler wanted to gain air supremacy over Southern England before mounting an Invasion.
The Royal Air Force had become an independent part of the British Armed Services. It had built up itself in the inter-war period and now had three of the best fighter aircraft in the world, the Hawker, the Hurricane, and the Supermarine Spitfire. The battle between the Luftwaffe and the
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RAF took place between July and October 1940 known as the Battle of Britain and the courage and skill of the RAF pilots convinced Hitler to postpone the invasion of England. Instead, he concentrated on bombing London and other cities such as Liverpool and Birmingham.
