“The odds were great; our margins small; the stakes infinite.” —Winston Churchill The Battle of Britain was one of the most remarkable events, not only in World War II, but in recorded military history. There are a handful of stories of small bands of determined men...
“RAF Triumphs … Raiders Chased Back …” September 15th 1940 Battle of Britain September 15th 1940 saw the last mass daylight attacks on London by the Luftwaffe and is now remembered in Britain as ‘Battle of Britain Day.’ From that day forward daylight raids became...
“The skies are colored blood red; our pilot expertly maneuvers the Heinkel” September 7th 1940Battle of Britain On the night of September 7th, 1940, 82 years ago today, the German Luftwaffe began bombing London and other British cities by night. This fell into the...
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few …” On August 18th Winston Churchill rose in the House of Commons to deliver one of his greatest speeches—indeed, one can argue it was one of the greatest speeches delivered in the English...
August 13th — Eagle Day In 1940 Hitler’s Luftwaffe set out to establish air superiority over southern England and the English Channel in order to enable a cross-channel invasion of Britain, code-named as Operation Sea Lion. Hitler’s forces had just completed the swift...
