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    THE RAF LOST THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN?

    Aug 12, 2021 4 minutes
    Interview by Tim Williamson

    INTERVIEW WITH

    ANDY SAUNDERS

    Andy is an author and researcher who specialises in the air war over Europe 1939-45, with a particular interest in the Battle of Britain.

    He was a founder and the first curator of Tangmere Military Aviation Museum and is a regular TV and film consultant.

    He currently edits the German military history magazine, Iron Cross.

    The Battle of Britain was a critical moment in World War II, a tussle that saw the Royal Air Force and other British services stop the German Luftwaffe gaining air superiority over the UK. Since the end of the war many historians have speculated and debated the possible outcomes if the RAF had been defeated in 1940. This usually centres on the idea that a defeat

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