This was the turning point of the war.
The Germans were having success with their tactical bombing, but their response to the bombing of Berlin was a change to terror bombing of civilian targets, which gave relief to the military installations.
Big mistake.
Has Hugh Dowding’s name appeared in any articles? I don’t read these as thoroughly as I should but I haven’t seen it mentioned once. If this is their finest hour, Dowding is the man of the hour. He devised the strategy Fighter Command is using to keep control of the air. He is largely responsible for the command and control infrastructure that was put in place starting years before the war began and is proving so effective now. But he appears to be the best kept secret of this phase of the war. I suppose his rope-a-dope, sandbagging tactics fool the Anglo-American press as well as Luftwaffe intelligence.