In the summer of 1940, the fate of Britain hung in the balance. The Luftwaffe launched relentless air raids, but the RAF stood firm. This video recreates a critical moment in the Battle of Britain, as ...
In this collection of programmes, we hear from some of the battle's heroes, see the Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane fighter planes in action and discover why the Battle of Britain should always be ...
To successfully invade Britain, Germany needed to control the skies over the English channel. This led to the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, followed by the targeted bombing of towns and ...
As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940: “Never in the field of human conflict ...
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. The Battle of Britain was won. Eventually, World War II was won, and the exhausted Allied forces were reluctant to continue ...
After all, it was the most famous fighter of the Battle of Britain, not to mention arguably Great Britain’s most famous fighter ever made (though the World War I Sopwith Camel also has a strong ...
Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War II for control of the skies over Britain as the new Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force determine whether or not an invasion can ...
National treasure David Jason marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Watch him meet the RAF team who fly and maintain historic aircraft of World War II.
29 — for a so-called "Battle of Britain." The future king went through the whole range of emotions as his team, Aston Villa took on Celtic, from Glasgow, Scotland in the European Champions League.