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In the middle of the British Ports section is the 'sentence' "Some 50 Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers and Jabos (fighter-bombers) officially classed as 'light bombers' (Leichte Kampfflugzeuge) sometimes called Leichte Kesselringe (Light Kesselrings)." This makes no sense. I assume that it should end something like "...were pressed into service"? Or perhaps not.

It would be helpful if someone with more knowledge or better sources could amend this. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:42, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Figures for British casualties

In the infobox there are figures for British civilian casualties, but none for any soldiers or airmen killed in combat. Are any figures available for that? --jftsang 01:00, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

11 May 1940, not 15 May 1940

Closing discussion started by a sockpuppet of banned editor HarveyCarter. Binksternet (talk) 16:41, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

The official RAF records show the British were bombing Germany on 11 May 1940: http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/rafhistorytimeline1940.cfm (FairleighJ (talk) 14:21, 1 October 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Not according to your citation. . . Mean as custard (talk) 14:23, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It says Blenheims were destroyed in a low-level German raid. (FairleighJ (talk) 14:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC))[reply]

That's a raid by the Germans, not on the Germans. . . Mean as custard (talk) 14:28, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No it wasn't. Germany didn't start bombing the UK until 8 August, about seven weeks after the Fall of France. The RAF began bombing Germany on 11 May 1940, so this website should give correct information. (FairleighJ (talk) 14:33, 1 October 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Questionable claim in lead

The lead currently includes this claim:

"Over a period of 267 days (almost 37 weeks), London was attacked 71 times, Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth eight times, Bristol six, Glasgow five, Southampton four, Portsmouth and Hull three, and there was also at least one large raid on another eight cities."

The citation is to Andrew Roberts's The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War. The most glaring issue is that in the accepted 7 September 1940 to 21 May 1941 timeframe of The Blitz, Hull actually suffered more than forty attacks in which bombs were actually dropped, resulting in the region of 700 fatalities. It was the case that there were three raids on Hull defined as "heavy" with fatalities of around 100+. Perhaps someone with access to the Roberts book can clarify what it says exactly. Nick Cooper (talk) 16:02, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

May 1940

The introduction is misleading - the RAF began bombing Germany in May 1940, which is why the Blitz happened in retaliation. (79.67.111.240 (talk) 17:28, 25 January 2016 (UTC))[reply]

Italy

Italian planes also bombed the UK in 1940-41. (79.67.107.83 (talk) 14:22, 27 January 2016 (UTC))[reply]

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 The introduction is misleading - the RAF began bombing Germany in May 1940, which is why the Blitz happened in retaliation. ([[Special:Contributions/79.67.111.240|79.67.111.240]] ([[User talk:79.67.111.240|talk]]) 17:28, 25 January 2016 (UTC))
+== Italy ==
+Italian planes also bombed the UK in 1940-41. ([[Special:Contributions/79.67.107.83|79.67.107.83]] ([[User talk:79.67.107.83|talk]]) 14:22, 27 January 2016 (UTC))