Naval Aviation Comes of Age at the Battle of Midway During World War Two, air power played a more significant role than in any previous conflict. The RAF surviving the Battle of Britain in the late summer of 1940, for example, contributed directly to preventing a planned German invasion of Britain. But it was in the realm of naval aviation that aircraft played an unexpectedly crucial role. Before the war, many naval experts believed that big guns on capital ships, which had always been the de...
