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Battle Of Britain (video Game)
The Battle of Britain was a Second World War campaign in which the German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force fought for air superiority. Battle of Britain or Battle for Britain may also refer to: Video games * ''Battle of Britain'' (1985 video game) * '' Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain'', a 1989 video game * ''Battle of Britain'' (1999 video game) * ''Rowan's Battle of Britain'', a 2000 video game Other uses * ''Battle of Britain'' (film), a 1969 film by Guy Hamilton * ''The Battle of Britain'', a 1943 propaganda film by Frank Capra * Battle for Britain (''Private Eye''), a ''Private Eye'' comic strip * Battle of Britain class, a class steam locomotives formerly used on railways in southern England * Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno or Battle of Britain, a 1993 boxing match * Carl Froch vs. George Groves or Battle of Britain, a 2013 boxing match See also * Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain from the 5th to 7th centuries * Caesar's invasions of Britain in 43 BC * I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Britain
The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (german: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces."92 Squadron – Geoffrey Wellum." ''Battle of Britain Memorial Flight'' via ''raf.mod.uk.''. Retrieved: 17 November 2010, archived 2 March 2009. The British officially recognise the battle's duration as being from 10 July until 31 October 1940, which overlaps the period of large-scale night attacks known as |
Battle Of Britain (1985 Video Game)
''Battle of Britain'' is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Personal Software Services for the Commodore 64 in 1985. It was also ported to the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum the next year. It is the seventh instalment to the ''Strategic Wargames'' series. The game is set during the Battle of Britain campaign of the Second World War and revolves around Britain's defence and prevention against Operation Sea Lion, a Nazi invasion. In the game, the player commands the Royal Air Force as they must defend key cities against the Luftwaffe. The game contains elements of first-person shooter, first-person shooting; during some sequences the game requires a certain number of aircraft to be shot down. ''Battle of Britain'' received mixed to positive reviews from critics upon release. Critics praised the fast pace of the gameplay and features, however, one reviewer was divided over the historical accuracy of the battle. Gameplay The game is a turn-based strategy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of Britain
''The Battle of Britain'' was the fourth of Frank Capra's ''Why We Fight'' series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion. Plot The narrator describes the fall of France, which leaves Britain almost defenceless. British forces are vastly outnumbered, but the British people are calm. The narrator explains that is because in a democracy, the people as a whole are involved in the decision to fight. Hitler's masterplan to subjugate Britain is described. Hitler begins by attacking convoys and ports but fails to destroy them. The RAF is outnumbered "6 - 8 - 10 to one" but knocks out far more planes than the Germans do. Also, bailed-out British pilots can return to the air, but German pilots are lost. Unlike the Dutch and Polish Air Forces, Britain does not "make the mistake of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Britain (1999 Video Game)
''Battle of Britain'' is a 1999 computer wargame developed and published by TalonSoft. It was designed by Gary Grigsby and Keith Brors. Gameplay Set in World War II, ''Battle of Britain'' is a computer wargame that simulates the conflict between Germany and the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain. Development ''Battle of Britain'' was developed by TalonSoft and was designed by Gary Grigsby and Keith Brors. The pair had previously co-created the ''Steel Panthers'' series at Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI), but had left the company in late 1997 to join TalonSoft, with the stated goal of making a wargame based on the Battle of Britain. It was planned as the pair's first of three games for TalonSoft, and was originally entitled ''Battle of Britain 1941'' and set for a release date of August 1998. According to Alan Dunkin of ''GameSpot'', the game was envisioned as a semi-remake of Grigsby's earlier game '' U.S.A.A.F. - United States Army Air Force''. It was Grigsby's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowan's Battle Of Britain
''Rowan's Battle of Britain'', sometimes known simply as ''Battle of Britain'', is a World War II era combat flight simulation game set during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Gameplay The combat flight simulation has both RAF and opposing Luftwaffe forces featuring over of sky and hundreds of aircraft. Release It has been remade twice, first in 2005 as '' Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory'' by Shockwave Productions, Inc., and again in 2007 as '' Air Battles: Sky Defender'' by Wild Hare Entertainment, a modified version of the above game with a more arcade-style gameplay. Reception The game received "generally favourable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Samuel Bass of '' NextGen'' said of the game, "Detailed, beautiful, and polished to the nth degree, this is the WWII sim we've all been wating for." Legacy On end-of-support of the game, the source code of the game was released by Rowan Software under the "Empire Interactive Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Britain (film)
''Battle of Britain'' is a 1969 British war film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. The film documents the events of the Battle of Britain. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Laurence Olivier as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Trevor Howard as Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, and Patrick Wymark as Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. It also starred Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, and Robert Shaw as Squadron Leaders. The script by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex was based on the book ''The Narrow Margin'' by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster. The film endeavoured to be an accurate account of the Battle of Britain, when in the summer and autumn of 1940 the British RAF inflicted a strategic defeat on the ''Luftwaffe'' and so ensured the cancellation of Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. The film is notable for its spectacular flying se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of Britain
''The Battle of Britain'' was the fourth of Frank Capra's ''Why We Fight'' series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion. Plot The narrator describes the fall of France, which leaves Britain almost defenceless. British forces are vastly outnumbered, but the British people are calm. The narrator explains that is because in a democracy, the people as a whole are involved in the decision to fight. Hitler's masterplan to subjugate Britain is described. Hitler begins by attacking convoys and ports but fails to destroy them. The RAF is outnumbered "6 - 8 - 10 to one" but knocks out far more planes than the Germans do. Also, bailed-out British pilots can return to the air, but German pilots are lost. Unlike the Dutch and Polish Air Forces, Britain does not "make the mistake o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle For Britain (Private Eye)
''Battle for Britain'' was a comic strip cartoon published in the fortnightly satirical magazine ''Private Eye'' in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. It depicted Margaret Thatcher's second term of office as prime minister, but with the politicians shown as British soldiers or Nazi officials, as in a comic of the Second World War. The strip was attributed to Monty Stubble, which was a ''nom de plume'' of editor Ian Hislop, and to his artistic collaborator Nick Newman. Publication history The name "Monty Stubble" is a play on the film-title ''I Was Monty's Double''; the film being based upon the career of M. E. Clifton James, an actor who was employed during the Second World War to impersonate General Montgomery for the purposes of espionage and to confuse the enemy. ''Battle For Britain'' appeared in ''Private Eye'' between 1983 and 1987. The series ended after the 1987 general election; this was explained by ''Private Eye'' as happening because Stubble "was tragically lost in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Britain Class
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as ''Light Pacifics'' or informally as ''Spam Cans'', are air-smoothed 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid. Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology, they were amongst the first British designs to use welding in the construction process, and to use steel fireboxes, which meant that components could be more easily constructed under wartime austerity and post-war economy.Arlett (1989), p. 29–30 They were designed to be lighter in weight than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, to permit use on a wider variety of routes, including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast. They were a mixed-traffic design, being equally adept at hauling passenger and freight trains, and were used on all types of services, frequently far below their capabilities. A total of 110 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennox Lewis Vs
Lennox may refer to: Places *Lennox (district), Scotland *Lennox and Addington, electoral district in Ontario, Canada **Lennox (electoral district), a former electoral district in Ontario (1867–1904) *Lennox County, Ontario, Canada *Lennox, Nova Scotia, Canada * Lennox Gardens, Canberra, Australia *Lennox Head, New South Wales, Australia *Lennox, California, United States *Lennox, South Dakota, United States * Lennox, Wisconsin, United States *Lennoxtown, Scotland *Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada People Surname *Annie Lennox (born 1954), British singer *Ari Lennox (born 1991), American singer-songwriter *Betty Lennox (born 1976), American basketball player *Bobby Lennox (born 1943), British football player *Caroline Lennox (1723–1774), British nobility, later Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland *Charlotte Lennox (1730–1804), British author *Dave Lennox (1855–1947), American inventor and businessman *David Lennox (1788–1873), Australian stonemason and bridge-builder * Douglas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Froch Vs
Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * An informal nickname for a student or alum of Carleton College CARL may refer to: *Canadian Association of Research Libraries *Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries See also * Carle (other) * Charles *Carle, a surname *Karl (other) *Karle (other) Karle may refer to: Places * Karle (Svitavy District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Karli, India, a town in Maharashtra, India ** Karla Caves, a complex of Buddhist cave shrines * Karle, Belgaum, a settlement in Belgaum ... {{disambig ja:カール zh:卡尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Saxon Invasion Of Britain
The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain is the process which changed the language and culture of most of what became England from Romano-British to Germanic peoples, Germanic. The Germanic-speakers in Britain, themselves of diverse origins, eventually developed a common cultural identity as Anglo-Saxons. This process principally occurred from the mid-fifth to early seventh centuries, following the Roman withdrawal from Britain, end of Roman rule in Britain around the year 410. The settlement was followed by the establishment of the Heptarchy, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the south and east of Great Britain, Britain, later followed by the rest of modern England, and the south-east of modern Scotland. The available evidence includes the scant contemporary and near-contemporary written record, archaeological and genetic information. The few literary sources tell of hostility between incomers and natives. They describe violence, destruction, massacre, and the flight of the Romano-Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
