Consider Supporting HoH: After Operation Sea Lion, the German plan for the invasion of the United Kingdom was written out by the German High Command, they realized they barely had any intelligence ...

100 days in 1940, World War II: Winston Churchill, blitzkrieg and the "Finest Hour". On the May 10th 1940, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — and Germany launched its ...

As the second week of October ran out, fogs set in when gales weren’t blowing. Still no German invasion of Britain was attempted, and observers concluded fi nally that the Battle of Britain had ...

On Sept. 7, 1940 — 80 years ago tonight — the German air force launched a massive series of attacks on London that would go on for 56 of the next 57 days and nights. The plan was to destroy the Royal ...

In his newest book, independent scholar Chatterton follows his earlier work, Britain’s Secret Defences: Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins, to further explore the extent of British preparations ...

"The world changed forever during nineteen weeks in the spring and summer of 1940." So begins Norman Moss's gripping account of the historic opening months of World War II. During the 19 crucial weeks ...

March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old. Announcing the death of John "Paddy" ...