Lead commanders Newall and Dowding had little time to replenish their forces, but despite being outnumbered 4-to-1, they prevailed, causing their head of state to remark, (*) "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
According to Stephen Bungay, victory in this battle was largely due to infrastructure set up decades earlier by Major General Ashmore; that victorious side also saw a debate over the effectiveness of the "vic" formation, nicknamed "the row of idiots," and the Big Wing strategy, contested by Park and Leigh-Mallory. This battle began after the Fairey and Bristol units retreated, after having been routed in the assault that followed the Phony War. Lead commanders Newall and Dowding had little time to replenish their forces, but despite being outnumbered 4-to-1, they prevailed, causing their head of state to remark, (*) "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Ending with the initiation of Operation Barbarossa against the USSR, for 10 points, name this series of air raids and battles during the summer of 1940, where the RAF bested the Luftwaffe.
According to Stephen Bungay, victory in this battle was largely due to infrastructure set up decades earlier by Major General Ashmore; that victorious side also saw a debate over the effectiveness of the "vic" formation, nicknamed "the row of idiots," and the Big Wing strategy, contested by Park and Leigh-Mallory.
The {Battle of Britain}