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They never came close to getting air superiority, or pushing the RAF away from the South England Airfields. This is a persistent claim that has no support with experts of WW2, but somehow the story is just to good not to be retold by every tv movie and school book. Its a popularised myth with no truth. Neither is it true that Churchill deliberately attacked German cities to stop the Luftwaffe from attacking the RAF A…
Do you know of any detailed source on all that, ideally something like http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813338697 ? The only thing I can add to this debate with my current knowledge is that the British foiled the start of a campaign against the Chain Home radars after the Luftwaffe's first Maximum Effort against one station. Devastation was wreaked, but one or more boffins who showed up to see what could be done obs…
If you want a book, this is a good start: http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Britain-Roy-Conyers-Nesbit/dp/0...