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Battle of Britain

air battle waged between German and British air forces in 1940
Event air_battle Q154720
Battle of Britain
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Summary

Battle of Britain is an air battle[1]. It draws 18,025 Wikipedia views per month (air battle category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Location: United Kingdom[4]
  • Part of: World War II[5]
  • Commons category: Battle of Britain[6]
  • Has part(s): Adlertag[7]
  • Target: England[8], English Channel[9]
  • Start time: July 10, 1940[10]
  • End time: October 31, 1940[11]
  • Point in time: 1940[12]
  • Participant: United Kingdom[13], Nazi Germany[14], Canada[15], Australia[16], Kingdom of Italy[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Battle of Britain[18]
  • Commons gallery: Battle of Britain[19]
  • Different from: Battle of Britain[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

Battle of Britain has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Australia Bedknobs and Broomsticks Canada England Kingdom of Italy Mrs. Miniver Nazi Germany Pearl Harbor United Kingdom Werner Mölders Wolfram von Richthofen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · CameoJewel · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["HistoricalEvent", "BattleOfBritain1940"]
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["HistoricalEvent", "BattleOfBritain1940"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53924373|Battle of Britain (#53924373)]] in [[:t"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → britain-battle-of-1940
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: britain-battle-of-1940, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920311|britain battle of 1940 (#289920311)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  3. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0215155-bitva-o-Britanii-1940-Velka-Britanie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0215155-bitva-o-Britanii-1940-Velka-Britanie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007292429005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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