The summer of 1940 will forever be remembered as a defining period when the pilots the RAF took on the thunderous assault of the German Luftwaffe and won. It is a gripping story of defiance against the brute force of the Nazi war machine and came to reflect Britain’s attitude of grit and determination in the face of adversity. This unique DVD collection provides a blow-by- blow account of the desperately close-run conflict that was the death 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 into submission. It was a ghastly few months when London was attacked on 57consecutive nights and 15 other cities suffered extensive 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 cities came a unified nation with a determination not to give in to the forces of evil. [show more]
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Documentary that takes an in-depth look at the battle for air superiority over Britain during World War II. The fight in the skies between the RAF and the Luftwaffe came to be known as the 'Battle of Britain' and was key to the outcome of the war. As well as the heroism of the nation's pilots, British civilians proved their bravery by refusing to be cowed by the campaign of German bombing which reduced large urban areas to rubble.
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