[DOC] [TLE] Luftwaffe - Wikipedia [PAR] The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht during 
World War II. Germany's military air arms during the First World War, the 
Luftstreitkrfte of ... It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained 
ace status, ..... aircraft was devoted to ground support operations, exposing a 
long-held myth... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Britain - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Britain was a combat of the Second World War, when the Royal Air 
Force ("RAF") defended the United Kingdom ("UK") against the German Air Force 
(Luftwaffe) attacks from the end of June 1940. ... Upon it depends our own British 
life and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and
... [DOC] [TLE] Dieppe Raid - Wikipedia [PAR] The Dieppe Raid, also known as the Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter during 
planning stages, ... The Royal Air Force failed to lure the Luftwaffe into open 
battle, and lost 106 ... After its victory in the Battle of Britain in 1940 and the 
Luftwaffe having ... of France, is built along a long cliff that overlooks the English 
Channel. [DOC] [TLE] Air warfare of World War II - Wikipedia [PAR] The air warfare of World War II was a major component in all theatres and, 
together with Anti-aircraft warfare, consumed a large fraction of the industrial 
output of the major powers. Germany and Japan depended on air forces that 
were closely integrated ... They both built a strategic force of large, long-range 
bombers that could carry... [DOC] [TLE] Messerschmitt Bf 109 operational history - Wikipedia [PAR] The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by 
Willy ... The Bf 109 saw active service in many air forces and was active in 
several ... to Luftwaffe fighter pilots and their records shows more than 2,500 
German ... Air Force and the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 
1940. [DOC] [TLE] AIR POWER, ARMIES, - United States Air Force Academy [PAR] Air Power, Armies, and the War in the West, 1940. R.J. Overy, 1989. It is now 
almost fifty years since German armies routed British and French ... over 3,000 
modem combat aircraft; 2,500 modern fighters had been supplied to the French 
Air Force ... better odds than the RAF faced a few months later in the Battle of 
Britain. [DOC] [TLE] World War Two, A History of From Hitler's Rise to the Surrender of ... [PAR] World War II: Axis and Allied movements in Europe and North Africa, 1940-42 ... 
The German Air Force, or Luftwaffe, was also the best force of its kind in 1939. .... 
Much stronger in troops and in tanks, however, was the army group in the south 
.... on May 10, 1940, they were surprised by Hitler's long-debated stroke against... [DOC] [TLE] World War II in the Air - Conservapedia [PAR] Sep 16, 2016 ... The Luftwaffe was the name of the German Air Force during the Nazi era ... 
German capabilities to launch an invasion were primitivemany small boats and 
... Radar was a defensive weapon and would not be much help to German 
bombers. ... The Battle of Britain showed the world that Hitler's vaunted war... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Britain | HISTORY [PAR] Never, in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. ... 
Britain and the English Channel by destroying the British air force and aircraft 
industry. ... In May 1940, German forces had overrun Belgium, the Netherlands 
and ... nor equipped for the long range operations which became part of the 
battle. [DOC] [TLE] HyperWar: The US Army Air Forces in WWII: D-Day 1944 - Ibiblio [PAR] 'D-Day 1944: Air Power Over the Normandy Beaches and Beyond' [The US Army 
Air Forces in WWII]. ... before it or the Inchon landing afterwards--will long be 
studied as a classic in ... During Big Week, American air forces targeted the 
German aircraft industry ... Two P-47D Thunderbolts take off on

Question: In this 1940 battle, a much smaller air force held off 2,500 German planes for many months
Answer: the Battle of Britain