SECONDARY RESEARCH

The Rank of Chevalier in the Order National de la Lgion dhonneur

The Legion of Honour, full name National Order of the Legion of
Honour (French: Ordre national de la Lgion d'honneur), is the
highest French order for military and civil merits, established
1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. The order is divided into five
degrees of increasing distinction: Chevalier (Knight), Officier
(Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand
Officer) and Grand'Croix (Grand Cross). The order's motto is
"Honneur et Patrie" ("Honour and Fatherland") and its seat is the
Palais de la Lgion d'Honneur next to the Muse d'Orsay, on the
left bank of the River Seine in Paris. (Legion of honour (2016) in
Wikipedia. Available at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Honour#Collective_military_awards
(Accessed: 29 April 2016).
The French government has been awarding the Lgion dhonneur to D-Day
veterans from many different countries for several years, as a way of honouring
and thanking those who fought and risked their lives to secure Frances liberation
during the Second World War. (Lgion dhonneur for British world war II veterans
(2016) Available at: http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Legion-d-honneur-for-BritishWorld-War-II-veterans (Accessed: 29 April 2016).

Airframe Technician
The airframe of an aircraft is its mechanical structure. It is typically considered to
include fuselage, wings and undercarriage and exclude the propulsion system.
Airframe design is a field of aerospace
engineering that combines aerodynamics,
materials technology and manufacturing
methods to achieve balances of performance,
reliability and cost. (Airframe (2015) in
Wikipedia. Available at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airframe
(Accessed: 3 May 2016).
Airframe technicians are so-called because most employers prefer to hire those
with airframe and power plant certifications. They are more commonly known as
aircraft mechanics and are classified as such by the Standard Occupational Code
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their primary responsibility is to keep aircraft in
working order. (Locsin, A. and Media, D. (2016) What does an airframe technician
do? Available at: http://work.chron.com/airframe-technician-do-17579.html
(Accessed: 3 May 2016).

Battle of Britain
he Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um
England,
literally "Air
battle for
England") is the
name given to
the Second World War defence of the United
Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF) against an
onslaught by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
which began at the end of June 1940. In Britain,
the officially recognised dates are 10 July 31
October 1940, overlapping with the period of
large-scale night attacks known as The Blitz.
German historians do not accept this
subdivision, and regard the Luftschlacht um
England as a campaign lasting from July 1940 to
June 1941. The Battle of Britain has been
described as the first major campaign to be
fought entirely by air forces.
The primary objective of the Nazi German forces was to force Britain to agree to
a negotiated peace settlement. An air and sea blockade began in July 1940, with
coastal shipping convoys, ports and shipping centres such as Portsmouth the
main targets of the Luftwaffe. A direction issued on 1 August for the Luftwaffe's
Adlertag campaign to achieve air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF) with
the aim of incapacitating RAF Fighter Command, and shifted attacks to RAF
airfields and infrastructure. As the battle progressed, the Luftwaffe also targeted
factories involved in World War II aircraft production and ground infrastructure.
Eventually the Luftwaffe resorted to attacking areas of political significance and
using terror bombing strategy.
By preventing Germany from gaining air superiority, the British forced Adolf
Hitler to postpone and eventually cancel Operation Sea Lion, a provisionally
proposed amphibious and airborne invasion of Britain. However, Germany
continued bombing operations on Britain,
known as The Blitz. The failure of Nazi Germany
to achieve its objective of destroying Britain's
air defences in order to force Britain to
negotiate an armistice (or even surrender
outright) is considered by Steven Bungay to be
its first major defeat in World War II, and a
crucial turning point in the conflict.
The Battle of Britain has an unusual distinction
in that it gained its name prior to being fought.
The name is derived from a famous speech
delivered by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in
the House of Commons on 18 June, more than
three weeks prior to the generally accepted date for the start of the battle. (No

Date) Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain (Accessed: 3

May 2016).