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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: AFI Catalog - The Battle of Britain (1943). Jul 23, 2026
Add new Web site: AFI Catalog - The Battle of Britain (1943). Apr 13, 2026
Add new Web site: Air and Space Forces Magazine - How the Luftwaffe Lost the Battle of Britain. Dec 01, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 14, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Witness History - Battle of Britain. Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: AFI Catalog - The Battle of Britain (1943). Jun 04, 2024
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Battle of Britain. May 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Imperial War Museum - 8 Things You Need To Know About The Battle of Britain. Apr 17, 2024
Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - The Battle of Britain: The (Not So) Few. Nov 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "The Battle Of Britain" 1969. Sep 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Royal Canadian Air Force - History of the Battle of Britain. Aug 10, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Battle of Britain: The 'Few' Four Score On. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - The Battle of Britain: Leadership and Logistics in Britain�s Skies. Apr 03, 2023
Add new Web site: World War II Database - Battle of Britain. Dec 05, 2022
Rearranged media. Oct 23, 2019
Add new Web site: New Zealand History - The Battle of Britain. Sep 18, 2017
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Battle of Britain. Jul 27, 2016
Media added. Jun 18, 2015
Media added. Jul 12, 2010
Videos of the Battle of Britain in the air and on the ground added. Jun 10, 2010
Article thoroughly revised. Jun 10, 2010
Article revised and updated. Aug 23, 2007
Article revised. Mar 25, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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