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yngwies Cat 2:51 Thu Sep 15
Battle of Britain day
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Will be raising a glass to the few tonight.
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Eddie B
2:55 Thu Sep 15
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Must only be a handful left alive now.
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cholo
2:57 Thu Sep 15
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My grandad proudly took part in the BoB, he gave the enemy hell.
He didn't deserve to end up on the losing side...
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Eddie B
2:58 Thu Sep 15
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boom tish
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Northern Sold
3:09 Thu Sep 15
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Far Cough
3:10 Thu Sep 15
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The Battle of Britain Day is the name given to the large-scale aerial battle that took place on 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England or Luftschlacht um Großbritannien).
In June 1940, Nazi Germany had conquered most of Western Europe and Scandinavia. At that time, the only major power standing in the way of a German-dominated Europe was the British Empire and the Commonwealth. After having several peace offers rejected by the British, Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe to destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF) in order to gain air superiority or air supremacy as a prelude to launching Operation Sea Lion, an amphibious assault by the Wehrmacht (German armed forces) onto the British mainland.
In July 1940, the Luftwaffe started by closing the English Channel to merchant shipping. In August, Operation Adlerangriff (Eagle Attack) was launched against RAF airfields in southern England. By the first week of September, the Luftwaffe had not gained the results desired by Hitler. Frustrated, the Germans turned towards the strategic bombing of cities, an offensive which was aimed at British military and civil industries, but also civilian morale. The attacks began on 7 September 1940, but were to reach their daylight climax on 15 September.
On Sunday, 15 September 1940, the Luftwaffe launched its largest and most concentrated attack against London in the hope of drawing out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. Around 1,500 aircraft took part in the air battles which lasted until dusk The action was the climax of the Battle of Britain.
RAF Fighter Command defeated the German raids. The Luftwaffe formations were dispersed by a large cloud base and failed to inflict severe damage on the city of London. In the aftermath of the raid, Hitler postponed Operation Sea Lion. Having been defeated in daylight, the Luftwaffe turned its attention to The Blitz night campaign which lasted until May 1941.
The 15th of September, also known as Battle of Britain Day, is now an annual commemoration of the battle in the United Kingdom. In Canada, the commemoration takes place on the third Sunday of September.
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mentor
3:14 Thu Sep 15
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Makes you proud to be English.
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Eddie B
3:24 Thu Sep 15
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mentor, and Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Canadian, American, South African, Australian, New Zealandish, Belgian, Newfoundlandish, French, Rhodesian, Jamiacan, Czech and Polish.
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Northern Sold
3:24 Thu Sep 15
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It certainly does mental mentor....
Poland 141[
New Zealand 135]
Canada 112
Czechoslovakia 88
Belgium 30
Australia 32]
South Africa 25
France 14
Ireland 10
United States 11
Southern Rhodesia 4
Jamaica 2
Barbados 2
Newfoundland 1
Northern Rhodesia 1
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Bless em all...
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mentor
3:25 Thu Sep 15
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Why do you hate the English so much?
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Far Cough
3:25 Thu Sep 15
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One Israeli wasn't there, even though Israel never existed at the time?
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Northern Sold
3:28 Thu Sep 15
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I love EVERYONE that fought for the Empire mental mentor son?? Yourself??
https://frostysramblings.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/uuvoqjk.jpg
Bless em all...
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Eddie B
3:35 Thu Sep 15
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A British pilot who fought in the BoB was born in Haifa in 1920. He wasn't Israeli or Palestinian.
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Far Cough
3:37 Thu Sep 15
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Eddie, it says one Israeli at the end of the Battle of Britain film, I was just pointing that out
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Eddie B
3:39 Thu Sep 15
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Of course. I'm not having a go.
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Far Cough
3:44 Thu Sep 15
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Wipes brow*
;-)
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mentor
3:45 Thu Sep 15
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sphnyYK0rtU
Makes you proud to be English.
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Far Cough
3:45 Thu Sep 15
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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill
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Eddie B
3:49 Thu Sep 15
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Far Cough, sorry mate but that was said by Churchill in late 1942, after victory at El Alamein. Over two years after the Battle of Britain.
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Cheezey Bell-End
3:53 Thu Sep 15
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I'll be having a rink to the black labrador in my local in Lewisham.
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Far Cough
3:54 Thu Sep 15
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Eddie, yeah that's what I thought as well, that it was after El Alamein but once again, it was shown at the end of the BoB film
Those producers huh?
Of course Winnie's most memorable quote regarding the BoB was "Never in the field of conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
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