The popular myth of the battle of Britain quickly emerged during the early part of the war. However, not all later interpritations fully follow it. Why?

... The popular myth of the battle of Britain quickly emerged during the early part of the war. However, not all later interpritations fully follow it. Why? Once France surrendered on the 17th of june, and britain rejected the negotiated surrender put forward by Hitler in july 1940, it was clear that Hitler would try to invade Britain, and that air superiority would be the key to this. Without air superiority Hitler could not safely transport his troops across the channel, but if Britain retained air superiority they could easily prevent the German Blitskreig land attack from taking place. Hitler set the date for 'operationsealion' on the 15th of september, and the Battle of Britain began. Hitler gathered together a huge fleet of ships and special barges to transport the army across the channel as well as gigantic gliders to airlift his paratroops. His airforce, the luftwaffe,consisted of 1,100 effective fighters, mostly messerschmitt

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