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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
By the way, I think that treating the German air campaign from the fall of France to Barbarossa as one subject is legitimate but what we have come to think of as the Battle of Britain does mean finding a new name for the longer period perhaps.
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I believe extending it to the start of Barbarossa is a post-war German construct. Churchill's famous speech clearly outlines what the 'Battle of Britain' was, and given the extensive preparations for a possible invasion in the second half of 1940, to claim, as some do (not you, Nick) that the title extends up to the point of Barbarossa is at best disingenuous, and at worst, a downright lie.
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Eagle Days', from start to finish, the author has, IMO, not so much moved the goalposts as moved to a different pitch in a different location!