The All Too Real and Some nice touches Germany attacked and bombed London ruthlessly and randomly. No one was safe, and no place was free of the possibility of being bombed. If it was English it was fair game. What you’re about to see are screen captures from the film, and some actual photos o read more
The Pilots Even though it was called The Battle Of Britain it’s a popular misconception to think the pilots who flew for Britain were entirely British. Even though the vast majority were indeed British (2,500) they did get a great deal of help from 147 Poles, 101 New Zealanders, 94 Canadians, read more
What happens next is a very ordinary human fault . They got lost. A German air crew with a desire to return to their respective homes early drops their bombs on what they think isn’t London. The navigator doesn’t seem to have a clue where London is. He says it’s s read more
A Stuka crashing at Ventnor radar station The scan below is a depiction of the radar system Britain had at the time of the Battle Of Britain. It’s from the book by Karen Farrington enti read more
Adolph Hitler has German ambassador Baron von Richter ( played by actor Curt Jurgens) propose a new peace initiative to British ambassador Sir David Kelley (played wonderfully by Sir Ralph Richardson). The initiative consists basically of empty promises. Hitler wishes no hostilities with Brita read more
The Weapons of the Battle The main weapons of the battle of Britain were primarily planes. Actual figures telling us of the number of planes vary from one historian to another. But one thing is true, and always will be – Germany had a gigantic advantage. For every British plane, be it read more
Operation Sea Lion. That was the name given by Adolph Hitler for the invasion of Britain. His original idea was to capture all of Britain in all or most of its beauty. But that idea could not happen until the Royal Air Force had been wiped from the skies forever. Hitler wante read more
