Hari Pertempuran Britania

Pertempuran Britania
Bagian dari Front Barat dari Perang Dunia Kedua
Tanggal 15 September 1940 Lokasi London, Inggris dan Selat Inggris Hasil Kemenangan Britania[1][2]
Pihak terlibat
Britania Raya	Jerman Nazi
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Hugh Dowding Keith Park	Hermann Göring Albert Kesselring
Pasukan
Komando Pesawat Tempur	Luftflotte 2
Kekuatan
50,000 pengintais[3] 630 pesawat tempur[4]	1,120 pesawat (620 petempur dan 500 pembom)[4]
Korban
29 pesawat hancur[5] ~ 21 rusak[6] 14[7]–16 terbunuh[5] 14 luka-luka[7] 1 tertangkap[7]	57[8]–61[5] pesawat hancur 20 rusak berat[9] 63–[10] 81 terbunuh[7] 63[7]–65 tertangkap[10] 30[10]–31 terluka[7] 21 hilang[10]

Hari Pertempuran Britania^{[9][11][12][13][14]} (Bahasa Inggris: Battle of Britain Day) adalah nama yang diberikan kepada pertempuran udara berskala besar yang berlangsung pada tanggal 15 September 1940, selama Pertempuran Britania.

1. ^ Murray 1983, pp. 52–54: "While on earlier occasions the Germans had lost more aircraft, the stunning impact of a Fighter Command that was rested and prepared by a week of less critical operations broke the back of the attack".
2. ^ Hough and Richards 2007, p. 283.
3. ^ Collier 1980, p. 196.
4. ^ ^{a b} Bungay 2000, p. 319.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Terraine 1985, p. 211.
6. ^ Price 1990, p. 106.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Bungay 2000, p. 333.
8. ^ Killen 2003, p. 147.
9. ^ ^{a b} Overy 2001, p. 86.
10. ^ ^{a b c d} Price 1990, pp. 154–163.
11. ^ Bungay 2000, pp. 318, 334: "15 September was the day when some, not all, of the people that mattered realised what had been going on, and acted accordingly. This began a slow process of enlightenment. It is for that reason it had become known as the Battle of Britain Day".
12. ^ Mason 1969, p. 386.
13. ^ Price 1990, p. 128.
14. ^ Terraine 1985, p. 210.