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W. Britain
In the summer of 1940 the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe waged the Battle of Britain. Germany had plans for the invasion of England (Operation Sealion) but needed air superiority in order to achieve their goals. At that time the Nazi government fielded the most imposing, battle-tested air force in the world. It was up to the RAF meet this challenge and they did with some of the best fighter aircraft available – the Hawker Hurricane and the Supermarine Spitfire. Ultimately, the Luftwaffe was defeated forcing Adolf Hitler to abandon his invasion plans. This led Winston Churchill to proclaim, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”