battle of britain

1. 1.

   the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it

   Broaderbattle

   Part ofWorld War II

   United Kingdom

Questions about battle of britain

What does battle of britain mean?

battle of britain means "the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it".

Is battle of britain a common word?

battle of britain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.