The Battle of Britain - 70th Anniversary DVD

Never was so much owed by so many to so few. Winston Churchill, August 1940 The summer of 1940 will forever be remembered as a definingperiod when the pilots the RAF took on the thunderous assault of the German Luftwaffe and won. It is a gripping story ofdefiance against the brute force of the Nazi war machine and came to reflect Britain’s attitude of grit and determination in theface of adversity. This unique DVD collection provides a blowby-blow account of the desperately close-run conflict that was thedeath or glory battle fought in the skies over England. It also... tells the story of The Blitz when Hitler, having failed to destroy the threat of the RAF, tried to bomb Britain intosubmission. It was a ghastly few months when London was attacked on 57consecutive nights and 15 other cities sufferedextensive damage. 41,000 British civilians lost their lives between 7th September 1940 and 28th May 1941 when air raid sirens,evacuations and underground bomb shelters were commonplace. But ‘Britain could take it’ and out of the ashes of destroyed citiescame a unified nation with a determination not to give in to theforces of evil. • 13th August - 17th September will be the 70th anniversary ofthe Battle of Britain. • 7th September will be the 70th anniversary of thecommencement of The Blitz. • The Battle of Britain was critical to the outcome of the war. Defeat would have had dire consequences for the nation.• The Blitz was a dreadful time when the population of England showed tremendous pluck to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’. [show more]

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