rhubarbs

rhubarbs were cross-Channel sweeps by RAF fighters which sometimes involved 500 aircraft. Started in December 1940 to bring the Luftwaffe to action, and later to draw some of its strength from the Eastern Front, they proved both ineffective and expensive. See alsocircuses.

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