பிரித்தானியச் சண்டை: திருத்தங்களுக்கு இடையிலான வேறுபாடு

| date = 10 Julyஜூலை – 31 Octoberஅக்டோபர் 1940{{#tag:ref|Note: The British date the battle from 10 July to 31 October 1940, which represented the most intense period of daylight [[airstrike|bombing]]. ''Foreman 1988, p. 8.'' German historians usually place the beginning of the battle in mid-August 1940 and end it in May 1941, with the withdrawal of the [[bomber]] units in preparation for [[Operation Barbarossa]], the campaign against the [[USSR|Soviet Union]], which began on 22 June 1941.'' Foreman 1988, p. 8''}}

| result = Decisiveதெளிவான Britishபிரிட்டிஷ் victoryவெற்றி<br/>{{#tag:ref|Quoting ''Luftwaffe'' General [[Werner Kreipe]]: Terraine states the outcome as "decisive", Kreipe describes it as a strategic failure and turning point in the Second World War. Kreipe also states the "German Air Force was bled almost to death, and suffered losses that could never be made good throughout the course of the war". Quoting Dr Klee "The invasion and subjugation of Britain was made to depend on that battle, and its outcome therefore materially influenced the further course and fate of the war as a whole".<ref>Terraine 1985, p. 219.</ref>}}<ref>Shulman 2004, p. 63.</ref>{{#tag:ref|Fighter Command's victory was decisive. Not only had it survived, it ended the battle stronger than it had ever been. On 6 July its operational strength stood at 1,259 pilots. On 2 November, the figure was 1,796, an increase of over 40%. It had also seriously mauled its assailant. In a lecture held in Berlin on 2 February 1944, the intelligence officer of KG 2, Hauptmann Otto Bechle, showed that from August to December 1940 German fighter strength declined by 30% and bomber strength by 25%.<ref name=">Bungay p. 368".</ref>}}{{#tag:ref|"The Battle was one of the great turning points in the Second World War—a defensive victory which saved the Island base and so, once Russia and the United States became involved, made future offensive victories possible."<ref>Hough and Richards 2007, p. xv.</ref>}}<ref>Overy 2001, p. 267 in Addison and Crang's ''The Burning Blue'' quotes A.J.P Taylor "a true air war, even if on a small scale and had decisive strategic results".</ref><ref>Deighton 1980, p. 213.</ref>{{#tag:ref|"As it was, the pragmatism of Dowding and his Fighter Command staff, the self-sacrifice of their pilots and the innovation of radar inflicted on Nazi Germany its first defeat. The legacy of that defeat would be long delayed in its effects; but the survival of an independent Britain which it assured was the event that most certainly determined the downfall of Hitler's Germany."<ref>Keegan 1997, p. 81.</ref>}}{{#tag:ref|"Given the ambiguous results of subsequent air campaigns against Germany. Japan, North Korea, and North Vietnam, it is probably fair to say that the Battle of Britain was the single most decisive air campaign in history."<ref>Buell 2002, p. 83.</ref>}}<ref>Terraine 1985, p. 181.</ref><ref>Shirer 1991, p. 769.</ref>{{#tag:ref|"A decisive battle has been defined as one in which a 'contrary event would have essentially varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent stages'. By this reckoning, the Battle of Britain was certainly decisive."<ref>AJP Taylor 1974, p. 67.</ref>}}{{#tag:ref|Bungay quoting Drew Middleton in ''The Sky Suspended'': In 1945 the Soviets asked Gerd von Rundstedt which battle of the war he considered to be most decisive. Expecting him to say "Stalingrad", he said "The Battle of Britain". The Soviets left immediately.<ref>Bungay 2000, p. 386.</ref>}}

| combatant1 = {{flag|Unitedஐக்கிய Kingdomஇராச்சியம்}}{{#tag:ref|The RAF was the only sovereign Allied air force; the Polish Air Force was not given sovereignty until June 1944<ref>Peszke 1980, p. 134.</ref>}}<br/>{{flag|Canadaகனடா|1921}}{{#tag:ref|[[No. 1 Squadron RCAF|1 RCAF Squadron]] was not formed under Article XV because the unit was formed in Canada in 1937. When it was sent to Britain in 1940, it was manned by RCAF (including some American) officers, paid at Canadian pay rates, and its Canadian built Hurricanes were supplied by the Canadian government. In effect 1 RCAF Sqn. was a sovereign Canadian unit under the operational control of the RAF.<ref>[http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/hst/page-eng.asp?id=560 "World War II: The RCAF Overseas."] ''airforce.forces.gc.ca'', 3 April 2009. Retrieved: 6 February 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/squadrons/1rcaf.htm "No 1 (R.C.A.F.) Hurricane Squadron."] ''the-battle-of-britain.co.uk''. Retrieved: 6 February 2010.</ref> By contrast the Polish and Czech manned squadrons were formed as RAF units and fell completely within the RAF's administrative and operational structure.}}

| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Naziநாசி Germany|Germanyஜெர்மனி]]<br/>{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italyஇத்தாலி]]

| casualties1 = 544 aircrew killed<ref name=">Bungay p. 368".</ref><ref>Ramsay 1989, pp. 251–297.</ref><ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/roll.html "Battle of Britain RAF and FAA role of honour."] ''raf.mod.uk''. Retrieved: 14 July 2008</ref><br/>422 aircrew wounded<ref name=autogenerated1>Wood and Dempster 2003, p. 309.</ref><br/>1,547 aircraft destroyed{{#tag:ref|1,023 fighters, 376 bombers and 148 aircraft from Coastal Command.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}}}

'''பிரிட்டன் சண்டை''' ([[ஆங்கிலம்]] : Battle of Britain; [[ஜெர்மன்]]: Luftschlacht um England அல்லது Luftschlacht um Großbritannien) [[1940]]ல் [[இரண்டாம் உலகப் போர்|இரண்டாம் உலகப் போரின்]] [[மேற்குப் போர்முனை (இரண்டாம் உலகப் போர்) |மேற்குப் போர்முனையில்]] நிகழ்ந்த ஒரு சண்டை. [[நாசி ஜெர்மனி]]யின் விமானப்படையான ''லுஃப்வஃபே'' [[பிரிட்டன்|பிரிட்டனின்]] விமானப்படையைத் தாக்கி அழிக்க மேற்கொண்ட முயற்சி “பிரிட்டன் சண்டை” என்றழைக்கப்படுகிறது. இப்பெயர் பிரிட்டிஷ் பிரதமர் [[வின்ஸ்டன் சர்ச்சில்]] பாராளுமன்றத்தில் ஆற்றிய ஒரு பேருரையிலிருந்து உருவானது. "[[பிரான்சு சண்டை|பிரான்சுக்கான சண்டை]] முடிந்து விட்டது. அடுத்து “பிரிட்டனுக்கானபிரிட்டனுக்கான சண்டை”சண்டை ஆரம்பமாகும்” என்று அவர் பேசிய வார்த்தைகளே இச்சண்டையின் பெயர்காரணமாகின. ஜூலை-அக்டோபர், 1940 காலகட்டத்தில் பிரிட்டனின் வான்பிரதேசங்களில் நடைபெற்ற இச்சண்டை, முழுவதும் விமானப்படைகள் மட்டுமே மோதிய முதல் போராகக் கருதப்படுகிறது.