Adlertag
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adlertag-163-14871104
title:
Adlertag
text:
Adlertag was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff, an air operation by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe intended to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF). The operation came during the Battle of Britain after Britain rejected all overtures for a negotiated peace with Germany. However, Adlertag and subsequent operations failed to destroy the RAF or gain local air superiority. On 16 July 1940 Hitler gave the German armed forces (Wehrmacht) a directive that ordered provisional preparations for inv
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description:
First day of German military operations to destroy the British air force
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlertag
date created:
2007-03-03T02:17:58Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T18:57:12Z
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13
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