See Photos from the Battle of Britain
Published 2 Nov 2017, 17:42 GMT, Updated 14 Nov 2017, 09:17 GMT
A German plane drops more than a ton of bombs over Great Britain during an attack September 9, 1940.
Photograph by Ullstein Bild, GettyLondoners sleep on an Underground train platform during an all-night raid. Many could not make it to safety: 60,000 civilians died during the Battle of Britain.
Photograph by ApOn his way to England, a German forward machine gunner sits in the nose of a Heinkel He 111 bomber plane. More than 2,600 German airmen died in the battle.
Photograph by ApWorkmen search for bodies in the wreckage of London after German bombing raids.
Photograph by ApThe dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral peeks over smoke clouds during heavy bombing raids by the German Luftwaffe.
Photograph by U.S. Office of War Information, Ap