This film explores the events of September 15th, 1940 – the day Churchill described as the ‘crux of the battle.’ On a day now celebrated as Battle of Britain Day, Adolph Hitler’s Nazi war planes fought the British Royal Air Force. Dramatic color film footage of aerial combat combined with contemporary interviews show how events in World War II seventy years ago resonate through the generations.
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We seemed to have forgotten that the German invasion force would have had to cross the Channel I think the Royal Navy would have had something to say about that
What a tragedy when all the first hand accounts will be gone and second hand stories are all that is left.
Dame Vera Lynn was a bit more than an eyewitness, wouldn't you say?
She kept British spirits lifted, even in the darkest days. Her contribution shouldn't be ignored or diminished.
All those people who died in London during the German attacks: Most of them, majority of them, were killed by British gun crews. The anti-aircraft shells that went up also came down. Parabolic Curves of Projectiles from the naval guns used had short range. Many friendly projectiles, many short distances. Many friendly victims
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just change the name to British war stories, these are just same documentaries over and over. wheres dpcumentaries showing the opposing forces what white washing of imperial britain omfg this is is so tedious
WHEN BRITAIN WAS GREAT, THE SNOWFLAKES OF TODAY HAVE NO IDEA OF THE SACRIFICE. GOD BLESS THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE, FOR FREEDOM FOR ALL……
The Kriegsmarine knew operation Sealion was a suicide mission so they prevaricated and demanded air supremacy. The Royal Navy was not going to retreat, the British were prepared to lose the whole home fleet to stop any invasion attempt.
When Luftwafa threatened British Island for 13 hours, nothing more… that meant Luftwafa was badly prepared and hadn't sufficient strength for its tasks over the British Island… rather than Germany had no accurate knowledge about the supremacy of Spitfire in dogfighting while the British Rader system was the best around the world at that time
Battle of Britain. YAWN.
Horrible title! You mean it only took 13 hours to win!
It was all about flight time over the target. The Germans could not remain more then 15 mins. Then they had to return.. The RAF could remain over England for an hour. Then land and rearm…And be back in the skies for the next wave…Why war is about control of space and time…
POLISH pilots Saved Britain.
"The country was together as one." Unfortunately it isn't true. Crime rose massively during the period. Hunger and fear motivate in different ways.
Robert Watson Watt and Skip Wilkins the geniuses who invented radar. Are owed so much by each and every free person in the west today.
Anyone know who the narrator is? Sounds like Jonny Dep with an english accent.
wow 13 houers that saved Britan. !!!!!!lik the germans couldn't have lunched an Invation, as long as Britain had the Home fleet, Thats Just bonkers saying that.
Also not a word about the Brave Polish Pilots that where heroes that day.
Also Britain had Norway and the US on their side.
They had the worlds biggest and most mopdern tanker fleet on their side ( the Norwegian )
also The US sold the Petrol to the English And not only oil.
Did the British put up a heroic figiht Yes they did. but without the Norwegian tanker fleet they would have been on the ground that day without gas/petrol.
🙏 Respect & Salute & Thank You So Much for All Those Who Had Sacrificed So Much to End WWII … May All the innocents be blessed to a Better World & Realm in due time 🕯🌷🌿🌎💜🕊 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷 … As for those evil doers … Let the Gods & Goddesses of Justice deal with them … Karma is such Complex Subject …
Wonderful doc and from this English elderly woman born after the war, I can only imagine what courage those young man showed , a heartfelt salute to them all
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
No mention of the merchant crews bringing in their fuel at great risk
I think you mixed political and military objectives. The political 1 is certainly sovereignity over all UA territorries. But the military 1 does not correspond. The way to achieve max success is to harm and disable the enemie's forces. There will be a lot of enemy forces waiting south. How UA will deal with these is the key. And yes, if UA does not decisively defeat this invasion this year support might be crumbling. However, RF is on its knees. There seems to be no bettr moment…
Great, they saved Britain for the coming African/Arab/Islamists invasion.
It was the Polish and Czech pilots that saved Britain that day. There reckless and extraordinary brave head on attacks broke up the bomber stream and terrified, they fled.
If it wasnt for the rest of the world helping there wouldnt of bin a uk
The Germans lost the battle of Britain..the British didn't win it. If Georing hadn't switched to bombing and kept up the assault on the RAF themselves they wouldn't have lasted more than a few more days. That's taken directly from the British themselves. That's what they've said. They were out of planes and pilots. The Germans switching to bombing gave the British the time they needed to rest and rebuild. For such an intelligent man georing made loads of horrible decisions.
the usa saved europe from mass producing weapons our factory's were the best make a meal in 30 seconds fast food fast weapons
Only to surrender it without a fight to today's invaders.
Most of the colour footage is taken from the 1968 movie 'Battle of Britain'. Mostly outtakes not used in the movie.
"The end of the beginning".
god bless to all the brave young men and women that fought to keep this country from the Nazis.. thank you very much
I just cant help wondering what they would think about how things have worked out now..
all our young people are obsessed by mindlessly gazing and tapping into their phones as they walk down the street (playing silly games or chatting on social media) some become a victim to another youngster who would gladly rob, and even kill them, to steal their precious bit of black glass..
its as sad as anything eh? .. what a terrible society it has become
looks like boss hog more than churchill
It was, to a large extent, down to VHF radio and primitive radar. It aslo included the work of the Royal Observer Corps, and more. The winner was Dowding's system which filtered and passed the vital information to where it mattered. It was really a huge and successful intelligence gathering system which could work in near real time.
The Germans, at the same stage in the war, had radar that was superior to ours, but did not have the system to quickly make use of the information that that system provided.
This reminded me of the excellent movie "The Battle of Britain" with memorable rousing music from Ron Goodwin. I noticed this doc used some scenes from the movie. An interesting bit of trivia….Wing Commander Stanford Tuck and Lieutenant General Adolf Galland who were technical advisers on the movie, both became life long friends after the war. Douglas Bader was also friends with Lt Galland.
fairy tales
The Luftwaffe at its peak; the RAF at its best !
From then on the Luftwaffe went downwards and the RAF upwards .
It is a rather silly conceit to pretend that the Battle of Britain saved our islands – the battle played a part. No Germans would have been able to cross the Channel while the Royal Navy had command of the Narrow Seas – and such command of the English Channel has remained for centuries, courtesy of the Royal Navy.
America should have stayed out of world War 2. The British had it under control it seems… LOL
As dire as the situation was, British high command was confident that they would survive the attack by the Luftwaffe. Indeed, after the war, Churchill wrote in his memoirs that the ONLY thing that ever scared him in the war was the Uboat menace.
Same RAF that incinerated half a million civilians in Germany
"Kill them all….." There may be times and situations that would let me think that it was ethically and morally acceptable. I am content to say..I have not seen that time yet
After years of programs about WWII on the History Channel, I thought I had watched enough, but these videos bring so much more human perspective to the war, and do it without being overly dramatic or exploitative. It is much appreciated.
Not nothing, but really small change compared to what the Allies inflicted on Germany later one.
Little known fact that the Battle of Britain was heavily reliant upon and won by Poles in the RAF as both 303 and 304 squadrons were Polish pilots also Pilots from other occupied countries continued fighting as RAF aircrew.
The Commonwealth countries saved Britain… without their contributions Britain would of lost the BOB.
Why can't anyone tell the story of when we decoded their transmissions and how we dealt with it.
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