The man born this week in 1882 arguably is, after Winston Churchill, the reason Great Britain survived World War II, for it was Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding who won the Battle of Britain, and, ...

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding’s air defence system was crucial during the Battle of Britain. The RAF Museum’s Andrew Renwick describes how it was created. Read the transcript In the 1930s, Great ...

In this debut episode of The Battle of Britain we discuss the state of the war before the battle for air superiority over Europe began. In this episode of the Battle of Britain, we explore the first ...

Andrew Marr looks at tactics used by the RAF in the Battle of Britain. The report tells the story of Winston Churchill ...