This is the name given to the sustained, and ultimately unsuccessful, air attack by the Nazis on England in 1940.

The Battle Of Britain

Explanation:

The Battle Of Britain was the military campaign, entirely fought by the air forces, during which the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force defended England from the attack of Nazi's air force, the Luftwaffe, during three month period in 1940.

Although there were plenty of casualties, military and civilian, it finally ended with a British victory. It is marked as the first defeat of the Nazis in World War II, and the first turning point of the war, after which Hitler began losing more and more.

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