Keith Park

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

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Keith Park

New Zealand military officer

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Trafford Leigh-Mallory
…the Number 11 Group commander, Keith Park (in charge of defending southern England), and with the head of Fighter Command, Hugh Dowding. In defending Britain against German air attacks, these two commanders stressed the timely, well-directed use of individual fighter squadrons to intercept German planes, whereas Leigh-Mallory advocated the use…
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…the Number 11 Group commander, Keith Park (in charge of defending southern England), and with the head of Fighter Command, Hugh Dowding. In defending Britain against German air attacks, these two commanders stressed the timely, well-directed use of individual fighter squadrons to intercept German planes, whereas Leigh-Mallory advocated the use…
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