Battle of Britain Day today
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69 years ago today, the RAF put up everything to stop the German onslaught, no reserves to be had.
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September 15th is Battle of Britain Day and it is commemorated every year on this date.
The decisive day of the Battle of Britain was September 15th 1940. The Germans undertook another massive assault during WW2 which, they considered, would finally shatter British resistance and open the path for a sucessful invasion of Britain.
Hitler’s decision to stop attacking the RAF gave it time to recover. On 15th September, the Luftwaffe came by day in huge numbers. It expected to sweep the RAF from the skies. But the RAF fought them off. At one point every British plane was in the sky – soon, some would have to come in to refuel and there were no reserves to protect them. But the Luftwaffe, too, was at the limit and – just in time – it turned back
http://www.rafa.org.uk/fundraising-battleofbritain.aspThe decisive day of the Battle of Britain was September 15th 1940. The Germans undertook another massive assault during WW2 which, they considered, would finally shatter British resistance and open the path for a sucessful invasion of Britain.
Hitler’s decision to stop attacking the RAF gave it time to recover. On 15th September, the Luftwaffe came by day in huge numbers. It expected to sweep the RAF from the skies. But the RAF fought them off. At one point every British plane was in the sky – soon, some would have to come in to refuel and there were no reserves to protect them. But the Luftwaffe, too, was at the limit and – just in time – it turned back
Churchill said:
... Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."
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