Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan Armistice na 22 Yuni 1940
, Luftwaffe ya zauna a filayen jirgin sama tare da Faransa, Belgium da kuma Dutch coasts. Rashin amincewa da Birtaniya don mika wuya ko yin sulhu tare da Jamus, ya sa Adolf Hitler ya ba da umarni ga Operation Sealion, wani mamayewar amphibious na Birtaniya wanda zai faru bayan Luftwaffe ya tabbatar da rinjaye na iska a kan Turanci Channel. Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Jamus, Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL), ta ba da umarnin Hermann Göring, don fara kai hare-hare kan manufofi a kudancin Ingila bayan wallafa umarninsa na 30 ga Yuni.