Unbelievable RAF Strategies: American Reacts to Battle of Britain

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[@wanderingsoul7935]

We can never forget our Polish comrades who fought like lions too. Your sacrifice has never been forgotten.

[@andrewjohnson6162]

Never has so much, been owed by so many, to so few! We will never forget them and we will never surrender, to those who will see the end of Britain.

[@philip9796]

I am English but the Polish pilots were the best fighters in ww2. Shame we never thanked them and just sent them home. Not fair.

[@TrotterGrottberg]

@@UndergroundHouseAndTechno It does from the point of view that we are an independant country governed by our rules and not some un-elected EU fat cat bureaucrat hell bent on ramming left wing woke gay rights and mass immigration down our throats whilst contributing to the desctuction of society as we know and knew it. Brexit makes perfect sense, self governance is exactly what Ukraine is fighting for you muppet

[@steveaga4683]

It was disgraceful that we treated the Poles so poorly after the War. They received no recognition and were not allowed to join in the celebrations and honours.

[@TrotterGrottberg]

@@steveaga4683 Wow, I'm ashamed to say I didn't know that, yes it's disgraceful to say the least. Poles are the warriors of Europe, most Poles I've met around Londonstan are damn fine people and will be the saviours of Europe should Putin step one foot into their land. We are already at war with Russia, they will announce this next month, Google "Andrew Bridgen already at war".

[@danielanthony8373]

The World owes alot to the UK 🇬🇧 The Industrial Revolution is the reason today we live relatively comfortable lives The Royal Navy spent decades patrolling the Seas to end Slavery World Wide Hats off to the British

[@nickdanger3802]

The royal family: Slavery, colonialism and race kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYmzoKl8op51iqM

[@nickdanger3802]

The First Opium War was fought from 1839 to 1842 between China and Britain. It was triggered by the Chinese government's campaign to enforce its prohibition of opium, which included destroying opium stocks owned by British merchants and the British East India Company. The British government responded by sending a naval expedition to force the Chinese government to pay reparations and allow the opium trade.[1] The Second Opium War was waged by Britain and France against China from 1856 to 1860, and consequently resulted in China being forced to legalise opium.[2]

[@danielwood9332]

​@@nickdanger3802so you are talking about the east India company then yeah...... not Britain. A corruption that sadly forced the armed forces to act for profits

[@MrAlexevans123]

@@nickdanger3802 Britain has done much evil, and much good. No former, or current, great power can claim only good, just as no one can claim it were only evil. To do so is to blind oneself to the truth.

[@Beerwalla1]

@@nickdanger3802 then China become communist and killed 80 million of its own people, in the worlds worst ever mass killing of people, so your point is? They killed more people than all other 20th Century dictators and all wars of 20th century put together, again your point is?

[@frase03]

Outnumbered, outgunned but never outfought . Britain is never more dangerous than when our backs are to the wall.

[@MrDaiseymay]

WE MAY HAVE TO PUT THAT TO THE TEST, THE WAY THE WORLDS GOING AT PRESENT.

[@hellofolks1762]

@@MrDaiseymay yep to true

[@frase03]

@MrDaiseymay They can test us all they like , despite what you may read in the popular press us Brits will not go down without a fooking good fight.

[@philshorten3221]

Churchill may have had many flaws, he drank way too much, and believed in "empire" among many other problems but man he could string the right words together and he certainly was no coward. Only mentioned briefly were the overseas pilots. Famously the Polish Squadron earnt a reputation for being not just good pilots extremely aggressive. Having watched their homes ripped apart by the Russian / German alliance, when they finally got aircraft good enough to do the job, and airbases to fly from, these few certainly went out for revenge.

[@susanlee5508]

It's very true. Even now I bet we would never give up . I think most, even today would hate to be occupied.

[@paintmonkeymcgee601]

Churchill mobilised the English language and sent it into battle.

[@kathydoyle1857]

Darkest Hour. Great movie 👍

[@mrf9583]

We fought the wrong lot

[@Iluvantir]

"Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few." ~ Churchill

[@WinstonSmith19847]

The truth.

[@elainehumphrey2307]

Gives me goosebumps.

[@JoeRowland90]

I am proud to be British. We get a lot of shit but we can take it. My great grandfather and his brothers fought the Germans in Africa, Italy and the Japanese in Burma. One was PoW (Japanese POW), one stepped on a land mine (Survived but had a wooden leg) and the other was an artilleryman (officer) supporting the the 7th Armoured Division (the desert rats, more famously) Then he went on to Anzio and Monte Casino to help those landing forces and assaults. He went blind during the end of the war but recovered his eyesight years later.

[@stpfs9281]

North Africa, and Burma, horrible conditions.

[@ricochet2977]

My grandfather fought in both world wars, my father and uncles all fought in the 2nd world war, thankfully my father made it home safely but many others didn’t, my mother volunteered for the WAF, many years later I asked my mother why she had an indentation in her thumbs and she said she used to load the bullets into the belt feed for the spitfire guns and the brass casing had ingrained itself into her thumb and at the time they just opened the thumb and cut it out, never once complained.

[@stephensmith4480]

My Grandfather served in The Irish Guards during WW1. My Father served in The British Merchant Navy, he took part in The North Atlantic Convoys going to Murmansk in Russia. I am so proud of Both of them.

[@carolwilson6948]

My father fought in north Africa. and we were and still are so proud not only of him but to all who fought and died during WW11.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@carolwilson6948Amen to that Carol 🙏🥲

[@MarkFrankUK]

My mother is 103 next month and remembers the blitz better than she remembers what happened yesterday. She says some of the Polish pilots hated the Germans so much they were only happy when fighting.

[@Hutchkins77]

wow what a lovely age and to live through 2 world wars is amazing' I would love to here some of her stories😃

[@MarkFrankUK]

She was born in Dublin in 1921 so only one world war. But of course she was born into the Irish Civil war.

[@stephentaylor2119]

God bless her.

[@darthwiizius]

We can't really imagine what folk went through back then, my late mother was born just before the war in 1936 and lived 20 miles north of London's northern edge so was lucky because only 3 bombs were known to fall on the town, two V1s and one discovered under a derelict steel factory in 1989 that was producing shell casings in WW2, it was probably a discarded ditched bomb from a lost or retreating plane as the factory (and town) was otherwise never attacked. I was working across the road from the factory the late afternoon it was discovered by the demolition crews that were taking the factory down, the police came and informed us (didn't evacuate us though, different times I suppose). They informed us that the bomb disposal unit weren't going to attempt to diffuse it but to perform a controlled detonation. I took me aback by the force of said explosion and made me wonder just how people got through thousands of these a day then night, day after day. I couldn't, and still can't, contemplate or comprehend that experience. As a child my mother saw the aircraft overhead and during the night blitz saw the southern horizon ablaze, and she had the most common of childhood nightmares for years, the one of Hitler hiding behind the blackout curtains. Love to your mum mate.

[@AndrewClemo91]

@MarkFrankUK polish hated them that much they flow the planes at 100 meters instead of the normal 250 meters

[@andyp621]

When i was a young lad we lived next door to an old couple and the gentleman was a spitfire pilot and he was Polish born. I had spitfire plane models and he used to tell me all about them, i was fascinated. He was shot down but after a short stint in hospital returned to the cockpit. He was my hero.

[@helenjarvis7755]

My Dad joined the RAF on his 18th birthday June 1939 He took part in the battle of Britain My Mum was 9 and was in London through the Blitz

[@stpfs9281]

Father-in-law said he was 18 (actually 16), joined the RAF, I still have his flight logbook, it's chilling, as his friends didn't come back.

[@coot1925]

One thing to mention is the airmen from Canada, Australia, India and other former British colonies. The polish pilots were astonishingly good and fearless. You really must check out "the 13 hours that saved Britain". Truly remarkable. 🖖🏽❤🇬🇧

[@saraelizabethjoyce]

Beat me to it! Good stuff!

[@hugh-hoof-hearts4360]

Most including polish don’t realise many uk pilots died defending mainland Europe .before the Battle of Britain began. So any help was needed . Occupied countries pilots often shoot to kill pilots where many commonwealth pilots shot the aircraft and not the pilot generally. Understandable if your family has been killed or under threats daily . All brave throughout the war. Thou the polish distain the British for allowing Russia to then occupy them . Uk was broke as America cut aid and demanded payment with conditions .like giving up scientific achievements, this left the uk unable to stop what Churchill called the advance of the iron curtain..

[@Vnal-]

@@hugh-hoof-hearts4360 those 303 pilots are a huge reasons why we are not speaking german in the uk. i really hate that they were not saved after the war ended seeing as we went to war,it was to have freedom for the west. biggest crime our side did was not going to free them from inslavement. long live the polish people. us common folks know and respect you.

[@matspurs1629]

most of the RAF in the Battle of Britain was British 80%

[@coot1925]

@@matspurs1629 yes. I lived in ruislip gardens which is right next RAF Northolt, hurricane base. North west end of the London underground map. There's a polish war memorial at the junction of the A40. So many polish names on it. I used to play in the old bomb craters that were outside the base when I was a kid.

[@joemarkham5142]

When they speak of 'the few', there is, sadly, only one man remaining from that group. John Hemingway. He's 104. Took part in the battle of dunkirk, battle of Britain and the invasion of Normandy. Was shot down 4 times and kept coming back. It's just staggering that they made men like that.

[@Sleepy_DOOD1701]

We owe so much to the RAF. It was compromised of not just us Brits but so many countries like Polish, Belgian, South African, Czech, Slovakian, Zimbabwean, Jamaican, Australian and Kiwi, Canadian and French pilots just to name a few. Those brave pilots saved us. We are eternally grateful ❤

[@damianleah6744]

The thing about the spitfire is that it was a killing machine, but it was a beautiful graceful machine too.

[@angelapuricelli-fenlon1190]

I am great-full for your acknowledgment of Britain standing alone. I was in the USA some 20 years ago. I was an off duty American marine heard me speak, and asked was I English, I replied. His reply was more ignorant and disgusting than anything I have ever heard before and since, he said “you’d be speaking German if wasn’t for the USA.” If I’d been a man I’d have put his lights out. It took Britain 60 years to repay America for the armaments they’d supplied. We didn’t receive reparations like some EU countries did. Britain was broke but we stood alone and we would never of surrendered. So again thank you for your acknowledgement. Bless you ❤

[@nickdanger3802]

When I lived in England 50 years ago, I received similar abuse. I do not know were Brits get their information on Lend Lease debt, but I assure you it is incorrect. The debt paid off in 2006 was for 3.75 billion USD loaned in 1945 plus 586 million for Lend Lease. "Over the whole period from March 1941 to September 1945, the balance in favour of the United States in the mutual aid books24 was in round terms about $21,000 millions. But by the settlement of 1945 Britain was required to pay no more than $650 millions, or £162 millions sterling." page 547 British War Economy

[@candyquahogmarshmallow8257]

Yes because Americans are brainwashed into thinking they're the best at literally anything and they'll happily go along with that.

[@martinwatts4214]

Yep, and if we hadn't defeated the Germans in the Battle of Britain it would have all been over long before the USA even contemplated joining in

[@themoderntemplar1567]

@nickdanger3802 And how much should we have billed the U.S for, for the briefcase full of technological secrets e.g radar, sonar(asdic), advanced jet propulsion(courtesy of Frank Whittle), countless engineering advancements, prototype missile plans, not forgetting advanced research into Atomic weapons. Allegedly the U.S scientists collectively shit themselves when they realised how far behind Britain & Germany they were. So we more than paid for Lend lease.

[@nickdanger3802]

@@themoderntemplar1567 Nothing was given, tech the US did not already have was traded for production. First US patent for radar was granted in 1934, Wattson Watt began experiments in 1935 following a MoD request on the feasibility of a "death ray". Sonar was invented in France. Whittles patent expired in 1934 and neither MoD nor RAF thought it worth £5 to renew it. FDR authorized research on nuclear fission October 1939. There was no formal cooperation on A bombs until after the Quebec Agreement, August 1943. Cavity magnetron had been developed a few months before and all they had were a few hand made prototypes, it fell to Bell Labs to redesign for mass production and to MIT Rad Lab, with input from a few Brits, for designs to make use of it. Proxemity fuse was being used in bombs because Brits did not have the know how to put it into artillery shells, the most significant use. Britain has owed the USA 4.4 billion USD in WWI debt since 1934. Britain received 2.7 billion USD in Marshall Plan aid (ERP) 1948-1952. The klystron was the first significantly powerful source of radio waves in the microwave range; before its invention the only sources were the Barkhausen-Kurz tube and split-anode magnetron, which were limited to very low power. It was invented by the brothers Russell and Sigurd Varian at Stanford University. Their prototype was completed and demonstrated successfully on August 30, 1937.[5] Upon publication in 1939,[3] news of the klystron immediately influenced the work of US and UK researchers working on radar equipment.

[@sandrahilton3239]

it wasnt just Britain, it was the British, the Polish and the canadian pilots who were very young and gave their lives to the greater good. God bless them all.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

But Britain WAS alone !!! That is unless you can provide us with the details of the luftwaffe air assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington? Or how the Wehrmacht stood poised to launch its invasion of the Indian sub continent or Canada? Or how the Kriegsmarine attempted to strangle the British Empire out of the war by enforcing a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand? Oh news just coming in...... NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED because the ONLY nation facing ALL of those threats between July 1940 and April 1941 was GREAT BRITAIN ALONE.

[@dougnico2492]

Don't forget the czechs

[@rayjennings3637]

We've always punched abouve our weight and we'll take anyone on if we think the fight is worth it - and sometimes, even if it isn't! Winston Churchill was probably the greatest orator of the 20th Century.

[@mrf9583]

He started civilian bombing unlike what weve been led to believe

[@YouSmokeChed]

Churchills speeches are one of a kind

[@andrewwood8706]

its not the man in the fight but the fight in the man, reason Britain is small but is still a big hitter, fact

[@slapdashdumper]

from what you see online nowadays we're full of haters and fifth columnists who would happily all turn at once on our native population at the stroke of midnight to fulfil their goal just as the muslim croat soldiers in the Serbian Armies murdered all 2,000 of their Serbian Officers at the stroke of midnight so as to allow Hiltler a clear run through the Balkans ...........the carrot that was dangled was the promise of an independent Croatia........................nope, never trust a desert globalist.

[@dougnico2492]

Still are m8 , we punch well above our weight

[@solreaver83]

Churchill was a master with words and the existence of the British people and our proud commonwealth of nations may not still be here today had it not been for his ability to fire up the people of the empire. A great man and gives me chills every time I hear him.

[@matthewmcclure5218]

Was also a very evil person at heart.

[@frase03]

​@matthewmcclure5218 grow up , he was not evil.

[@paultaylor9498]

​@@matthewmcclure5218idiot

[@user-wb3px4em6k]

@@matthewmcclure5218 if it wasn't for him you'd be speaking fucking German

[@matt01506]

​@matthewmcclure5218 I just looked at your other comments, and you seem to have a problem with maturity.

[@themoderntemplar1567]

Great reaction and we appreciate the reverence you showed. Our ancestors have always been at their very, very best throughout history when their backs were against the wall.💪🇬🇧

[@BSteel583]

Very true. Going back over 1000 years the British Army has excelled, and mainly at backs to the wall fighting and repelling a larger force et cetera. The thin red line. In offensive tactics, imaginative manoeuvres, et cetera the British Army was usually not as great

[@KeithChastney]

Yes, the USA and the Soviet Union did an incredible job in defeating the Nazis, but without a victory in the Battle of Britain, Germany's full might would have been thrown at Russia, there would have been no help for European resitance movements, no bombing raids on German industry, no raids on German nuclear development, Germany would have dominance in the Atlantic and there would have been nowhere to launch the allied invasion of Europe. An unrestrained Germany would have defeated Russia, and probably the USA (they may have had nuclear armed V2 rockets launched from the Atlantic - a bit of a "what if of history"). A free Britain stopped Nazi Germany from achieving what they planned, no other country was close enough to do this. The Battle of Britain was the most significant battle of the war.

[@themoderntemplar1567]

@KeithChastney Lets be honest here, although the U.S joined yet another World War albeit belatedly again. It was the Soviet Union who broke the Nazi's. Both Britain and the U.S played significant roles in doing so, it wouldn't have been possible without the Soviets steam rolling them back from eastern Europe and tying up hundreds of divisions who would have made a huge difference in the western war.

[@KeithChastney]

@@themoderntemplar1567 agreed, but without the British victory in the Battle of Britain, the full might of Nazi Germany would have been thrown at the USSR, not to mention the aid given to the Russians from the UK and the USA via the UK. I do not think that Russia could have survived the full and unrestrained military of Nazi Germany without the help and time that British victory in the Battle of Britain gave them.

[@themoderntemplar1567]

Valid points Keith which I totally agree with but purely Russia's enormous geographical size and the fact that Stalin had already dismantled entire essential war production factories to the far flung interior. I think when the winter rolled in the German defeat in the East was all but an eventual formality regardless of the Arctic convoys. Stalin himself believed that they were shedding the blood, sweat and tears whilst the Western allies let the Soviets do the actual fighting and were not sending anywhere near the munitions or material in great enough quantities. It does up Hitler's demise, absolutely no doubt, but it was on the cards by 1942 with or without our help.

[@KeithChastney]

@@themoderntemplar1567 maybe, but I still think that Nazi innovations in a variety of areas, unmolested by British, or British based efforts across Europe (from Telemark to Penamunda - forgive my spelling), would have been enough to hold back the Soviets. An undamaged industrial and scientific base in Germany would have seen an array of advanced weapons all pointing East. An interesting debate that might benefit from some advanced war-gaming computer program, and your words have made me think. Thank you, but to be honest, my original arguments stem from my frustration when Americans say that they saved the world in WW2. They, like many, forget the decisive actions of the USSR, and no-one recognises the crucial role that British survival played. Again, thank you, modern Templar. (I went to a school named after the Templars, in a town founded by them in the 1170's).

[@DannyBoy777777]

​@@KeithChastneyThere was a war game at Sandhurst in 1974. Sea Lion failed even with air superiority. There's your answer.

[@pshane4444]

Bro Britain was great, and it was monumental their effort. I hold the UK so highly. We can never forget the effort the yanks played in this war. I'm a kiwi from NZ. I cannot acknowledge enough what the UK and USA have done for us.

[@Alex-sw6sh]

Your country contributed alot to the efforts in ww2 aswell as a brit I also acknowledge and massively respect New Zealand for what you have done for us.

[@pshane4444]

@Alex-sw6sh we all did our bit, and that should be acknowledged. Every country hurt. But without the 2 leaders UK and USA, we couldn't have achieved victory without the Huge effort from them.

[@Alex-sw6sh]

@@pshane4444 very true and nicely said, Without New Zealand and Australia El Alamein wouldn't have been successful in my opinion. so you are just as much an integral part of that success. Not forgetting the pilots from all countries during the battle of Britain. We should all be grateful.

[@pshane4444]

@@Alex-sw6sh thank you 😊

[@stevefrost64]

Let us not forget that in most cases these were young men in their very early twenties.

[@MrDaiseymay]

SOME WERE 18, MY HALF-BROTHER WAS , IN 1940, ,WHEN HE JOINED BOMBER COMMAND, HE WAS ON REGULAR MISSIONS OVER GERMANY, TILL THE LAST ONE, AND WAS KILLED ON MAY 3RD 1945. 5 DAYS FROM WAR'S END.

[@cavemansam8400]

Shout out to the Polish 303 Squadron. They were all combat aces who had experience fighting the Germans, and had survived, flying the sub-par Polish aircraft of the time. When they flew for the RAF and were given Hawker Hurricanes, it levelled the playing field and allowed their expertise to shine. If you Google 303 Squadron Kills/Losses you will see that their kills exceed the overall Kill/Loss ratio for the RAF vs the Luftwaffe, putting the RAF on top. They were literally the difference. The RAF in their ‘gratitude’ subsequently did not allow the Poles to take part in the Battle of Britain Victory parade. And so I have made it a personal mission of mine to make sure everyone knows what the Polish 303 Squadron did for Britain.

[@oopsdidItypethatoutloud]

There was one guy (not a friend if Churchill) he said this about Churchill's speeches. He mobilised the English language and sent it into battle. ❤ from Northeast England ❤️

[@Alex-sw6sh]

The same guy that asked for concessions with the nazis. Lord Halifax, if he had his way we would have surrendered our sovereignty immediately. Thank God he turned down being prime minister.

[@linky8899]

My nan built spitfires at castle Bromwich, Birmingham.

[@saintallnights7239]

My Great Grandfather was a test pilot for the RAF and Avro and was testing a bomber known as the Avro Manchester. It has two engines, was not enough and they used to overheat .. it crashed and he died. Later they produced the Lancaster. Named in a couple of books. Grandfather was in the Navy and I remember my grandmother telling stories about the Blitz. It was pretty horrific to hear, even as a child.

[@gibson617ajg]

The Manchester didn't have Merlins, it had Vultures (which were crap) a short wingspan didn't help either.

[@saintallnights7239]

@@gibson617ajg Yes, this is in both books my great grandfather is mentioned in. One is Test Pilots by Don Middleton, the other is called the Avro Manchester, authors name I do not recall.

[@jugbywellington1134]

My grandfather worked on the Spitfire. He'd been in the RFC, then RAF in WW1. He's not famous, though he was mentioned on the radio once.

[@jacksmith4460]

Respect to you for taking the time to learn about this stuff, its obviously a hugely important point in history but its also a vastly more complicated time than is perhaps always portrayed, and I like that you have not just dipped into one video about this and then thought "well that's all I need to know" you have actually watched related content to expand your knowledge further and I rate that very highly. My Grand Parents lived through this and I heard stories of it as a child, my Grandad fought in it (Navy, Convoys in the Atlantic, and some time in the Pacific too) whilst his Wife (my Grand Mother) was bringing up 3 Kids in Manchester , during the Blitz. Crazy situation, and I was told about many aspects of it , also with a surprisingly forgiving stand point on the enemy (soldiers and citizens, not the leaders and Politics, they despised that they were strongly anti fascist) My Grandad encounter many POW's , mainly German and few Japanese and would talk to them and play Chess with them, despite having witnessed best friends die etc at their hands. He always felt very strongly that the vast majority of people caught up in that conflict on both sides, were just common people , and most people had no choice, such was the dynamic of societies of that era. Anyway, the correct side lost and that is the main good that came out of that war, but a lot of pain trauma and Death across the whole of Europe , but also North Africa and Much of Asia too and also the middle East. At least we are here and in a position we have the option to learn from the mistakes of the past

[@suedavebennett1878]

Im proud to be British and nobody will ever take my loyalty away we thank all our allies that stood with us against the tryanny i know our country is in a strange state at the moment but we will get there eventually God Bless Great Britain

[@stephentaylor2119]

Thank you sir and coming from an African American, who has a history of endurance, and suffering, a high compliment indeed.

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

The Spitfire was 7 weeks from idea to end of production line. Unreal.

[@nickdanger3802]

Spit was the product of an 8 year government subsidized float plane air racer program.

[@Alex-sw6sh]

That's not true the first flight was in 1936 the chief designer died in 1937 and never saw it in action. That was 2 years before the start of the war. He actually designed the prototype in 1931 and it evolved from there.

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

@@Alex-sw6sh This is what was said on a British documentary I watched from the 60s.

[@BSteel583]

Thank you for taking the time to show your appreciation of these brave men who sacrificed so much to save us all (and some women who delivered new planes. Actually a very dangerous job. A 10% death rate I think). I wish more of my own countrymen today showed such education, intelligence, and good grace.

[@steveaga4683]

The most successful squadron in the RAF was the Polish 303 Squadron. Of the 66 squadrons that fought in the Battle of Britain they claimed the most aircraft shot down...even though theyjoined the fray 2 months after it had started.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

While celebrating the bravery, skill and success of Polish "Kościuszko" 303 sqd, the top scoring RAF squadron of the battle of Britain, also remember the other nationalities who flew as part of the squadron during the battle and who contributed SO much to its success. Polish "Kościuszko" 303 Sqd total kill tally - 58.5 confirmed kills Squadron commander, Sqd Ldr Ronald Gustave Kellett (British) - 5 confirmed kills "A" Flight commander, Fl Lt John Alexander Kent (Canadian) - 6 confirmed kills "B" Flight commander, Fl Lt Athol Stanhope Forbes (British) - 7 confirmed kills. Sgt pilot Josef František (Czechoslovakian) - 17 confirmed Kills.

[@Stannington]

Neil, it's a popular misconception that the Battle of Britain was fought entirely in the air, it wasn't. It involved, radar, the observer core, plotters, factories, drivers, fuel, shipping, the entire job lot

[@andypandy9013]

I really don't think that Americans realise just how high the civilian death toll in the UK during was during World War II compared to the USA: USA Hawaii: 68 (Pearl Harbor Attack) Alsaka (Aleutian Islands Campaign, 1942 - 1943): 10 The 48 Contiguous States: 6 (Balloon Bomb, Oregon) TOTAL: 84 UNITED KINGDOM TOTAL: 70,000+ (Largely due to German bombing raids, V1 and V2 attacks) (If you pro-rata that up to take into account the larger population of the USA it would equal 350,000 American civilian casualties.)

[@martinwilson3617]

That's deaths not casualties.

[@andypandy9013]

@@martinwilson3617 I take it that you actually read my phrasing "The civilian DEATH toll"?

[@user-yu9uw8wo9o]

With France fallen, the Luftwaffe were just over 20 miles from the UK. If you get the opportunity, please watch the film 'Spitfire', b/w, made in 1942. Known in the UK as 'The First Of The Few'

[@anthonyrigley4402]

This video shows just what was we had against us and the old videos of the bomings. I can still remember my parents saying about the air raid siren

[@richardhockey8442]

grandfather on my mother's side of the family was a London fireman during the Blitz - not the safest of jobs, not just dealing with fires but with unexploded bombs as well (fireman would have called in army bomb disposal to deal with the bombs but they would be the ones finding the bombs initially)

[@rebeccawoods2481]

Churchill was a descendant of the Duke of Marlborough, Gen John Churchill another legend of our military. Winston Churchill was a student of the great man and through the Duke's military observations, recognised the pattern of the growing threat of Hitler. Politicians labelled Churchill an old warmonger, but it was Churchill in the early 30s that secretly got the RAF to build up, which we did just in time. Becky ex-RAF aircraft tech of 12 years.

[@col4022]

There's a video on KZbin called - Know your ally: Britain. It was made by the US war department for U.S troops entering WWII. It's so good for info and quite funny too seeing it nearly 100 years later. Do that one please please 🙏

[@williamronneywilliams2639]

If you get the chance there's a movie called the battle of Britain (the original) it shows it from a pilots perspective

[@pashvonderc381]

2nd that, and ain’t there a film called Hurricane about the Polish fighters that took part in The Battle?

[@alanfrance6881]

In that Battle of Britain movie, in one of the first scenes a fighter pilot is seen picking up a ground serviceman as the retreat was on. Proud to see the name of the country that the pilot had on his uniform

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

Politics aside. The English responded very well.

[@jaredoliver9347]

Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi Its a proud day to help protect ol mum

[@Griff942]

Big thank you to all nations that helped. Especially the Commonwealth & Poland.

[@Greececountryball165]

Dan Snow is a legend. I loved the battlefield Britain series, which he did with his Dad. It was about all the major battles that have happened on British soil, from Boudicca rebellion to the battle of Britain.

[@geoff1201]

Radar wasn't a unique British invention. What was critical was the way it was integrated into our defences. The Battle of Britain was the high water mark as far as Hitler's westward plans were concerned. Having failed to defeat us, Britain was turned into one enormous allied aircraft carrier and, as Chuchill predicted, without defeating us, the war was lost.

[@cohenguest-nq1wf]

It was very unique invention first country in the world it was a massive weapon

[@karengoderie7758]

Churchill was a great writer , funniest line, "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

[@jonathanfell688]

Everyone holds the Spitfire in reverence, quite rightly. Though it was in fact the Hurricane that brought down the most enemy aircraft in The Battle of Britain.

[@Nick.Martin.]

True, but the reason is because the Spitfires engaged German Fighters, while the Hurricanes shot down the bombers, as a rule. Curiously, one of the reasons the British didn’t accidentally shoot down its own was because it’s difficult to spitfire in a hurricane….

[@spannerman7359]

As a born and bred Englishman, your narration and comments were truly heartfelt and appreciated. The USA & British forces will forever be allied brothers and a truly formidable force in the defence of the greater good. God bless the UK & The USA! 👍 🇬🇧🇺🇸 God bless all the other allies who assisted in the defence of democracy! 👍👍

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

The ordinary people of the US and UK stand together, but its the corporations and their fully bought and paid for politicians who continue to shit over ALL or us BOTH.

[@paulevans4818]

Young pilots not knowing if they would return alive from a sortie. Can you imagine that? Bravery beyond comprehension.

[@freemanv4056]

I'm proud of the civilising influence of the British Empire.

[@viclimited9081]

..........what you mean the troubles in N Ireland India/Pakistan Israel/Gaza etc etc...?

[@jackworsley2562]

@@viclimited9081Yeah other countries fighting because they are slow to grow up

[@viclimited9081]

@@jackworsley2562 ......you patronising S.O.B. The empire has gone but the arrogance remains...

[@markelmslie6832]

International slavery was actively fought against by the British and it was never tolerated in Britain! The British weren't going to be the slaves of the Nazis!

[@NumberOneGeek]

As a Brit, it needs to be said that the RAF were bolstered by people of many nationalities, the Poles, Czech, Canadian and even American volunteers flew to defend Britain and their contribution should never be forgotten.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

I thought I'd create a simple "visual aid" in order to assist people learning about the history of the battle of Britain. There is much ongoing debate about the nationalities and proportions of RAF fighter pilots who took part in the battle, with occasionally a furtive aspect which attempts to portray the battle as a victory of "mostly Foreign pilots". Below is an accurate graphical representation of the proportion of pilot nationalities serving within RAF Fighter Command during the summer of 1940. Each flag is roughly equivalent to 30 pilots, The numbers after each nation are the actual number of pilots from that country, and the approximate percentage of RAF Fighter Command's establishment in the summer of 1940 that they represented. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 UK (2342) (80%) 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 Poland (145) (5%) 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿 New Zealand (127) (4%) 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Canada (112) (4%) (1940 flag emoji not available) 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia (88) (3%) 🇦🇺 Australia (32) (1%) 🇧🇪 Belgium (28) (1%) 🇿🇦 S. Africa (25) (1%) (1940 flag emoji not available) 🇺🇳 Other nations (France (13), R o Ireland (10), USA (9), Rhodesia (3), Newfoundland (1), Jamaica (1), Barbados (1)) (1%) (And just to preempt any wandering idiot lefty "Identity warriors" from protesting about "The lack of credit given to the black pilots who fought in the battle of Britain"... the pilots from South Africa, Rhodesia & the Caribbean were all of white descent).

[@AshwuzhereAgain]

i got hella respect for the polish pilots the helped fight during the battle of britain

[@Db2024-qw8cr]

I got hella respect for the British pilots

[@trottersindependentgaming3028]

Big up the polish an Czech Republic fighter aces for there help and others

[@ronturner9850]

It’s very humbling to watch and listen to you reacting to this video. ‘The Thirteen Hours That Saved Britain’ is a documentary worth watching too. It approaches the Battle of Britain in a different way and includes a lot of contemporary eye witness accounts from people who were children at the time which really bring the atmosphere of that day very strongly alive.

[@RWBHere]

If you know where to look, you can still find the remains of bomb craters from WW2 in Britain. And you can still find parts of German aircraft which were shot down. I have a model Spitfire which was handmade by my grandfather from scraps of Aluminium recovered from a downed German aircraft. It was shot down during an attack almost 200 miles North of London. Those six years of war (1939 to 1945) are still remembered firsthand by a few people, and the RAF keep a selection of aircraft from those years flying, including a Hurricane which is the only remaining airworthy aeroplane which saw action in the Battle of Britain in 1940. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) are based near to my house, and can be seen flying regularly.

[@TheMagusOfTheMagnaCarta]

Sat here with tears in my eyes and trying not to break bearing.. thinking of my grand parents. One Grandpa was pulled off the beach at Dunkirk and went back on d day, the other was in the Royal Navy My grandma worked in the spitfire factory at Southampton... all through the battle of Britain. Thankyou.. for thinking of us... if it happens again, we won't let you down

[@berniecoles2337]

My great aunt Pauline was Churchills chief cook and I’ll never forget her saying to me that he was flawed, but totally resilient and without such a strong leader we’d be speaking German now.

[@BritishReaction]

The USA came for the final push, it hurts a bit when I see Americans saying they came and won the war for us.. We had been fighting it and supporting Europe for years! Glad you watched this one sir!

[@nickdanger3802]

“Now at this very moment I knew that the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! ... How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care ... We should not be wiped out. Our history would not come to an end ... Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to a powder. All the rest was merely the proper application of overwhelming force.” ― Winston S. Churchill

[@johnshakespeare4021]

We actually were still the British Empire at the time of WW2. The war cost us the Empire effectively India was handed back in 1950 as an example.

[@Edbi18]

only what there is missing is that British pilots didn't protect the skies over Britain alone. Canadian, Australian, Indian(and other BE countries), American volounteers, and Czech, French, Polish pilots in exile who fled occupation of their countries joined them in the air and fought to protect the Britain, to protect hope, that one day their countries will be liberated.

[@jimbo6059]

But none of these people would have been able to put up that fight if Britain did not have the channel between it and continental Europe. Hence in a way the empire and Commonwealth as we know it stood alone.

[@glastonbury4304]

Only 2 pilots were American in the Battle of Britain...144 out of the 3000 were Polish ...2500 were British and the rest of the 500 were made up of mainly Czech and New Zealanders with about 150 made from other countries than the above...

[@robofclanlennox]

You earned a follow, friend. These were true raw heroes and thank you for remembering them.

[@andybrown4284]

The blitz wasn't just London, which was more of a morale target as it lacked the vital industry of places like coventry, which had the biggest concentrated attack of the war.

[@danielwood9332]

Sorry mate but everything you just said is totally wrong. London was a hub of transport, factories, docks and the war cabinet. Coventry had no real target and was destroyed fir no reason

[@PhoenixDawn93]

London was definitely the focal point but there was way more than morale reasons to hit London. Transport, supply, military and political targets were plenty in the capital. Many other industrial cities were hit hard as well. Newcastle took a beating (lots of ship building on the Tyne in those days) and my grandma’s house was hit. They were all fine though, she was very young at the time.

[@Stefanmeek]

Please have a look at Sir Douglas Bader, He had 24 confirmed kills, also he had no legs

[@thebadtemperedbrit]

No longer learning this properly is one of the main reasons silly, protesting teens attack monuments celebrating the UK's illustrious and brave past.

[@balla3987]

Why was "this was Britain's finest hour" part of the speech blanked out? And to that extent, why were any of Churchills words in his speech blanked out?

[@peterdollins3610]

Not alone, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Greece, resistance fighters across Europe, the might--of that time--of the British Empire. Pilots from across Europe Side help from the USA. We were never alone.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Britain WAS alone.... unless that is you can provide us with the details of the luftwaffe air assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington? Or how the Wehrmacht stood poised to launch its invasion of the Indian sub continent or Canada? Or how the Kriegsmarine attempted to strangle the British Empire out of the war by enforcing a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand? Oh news just coming in...... NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED because the ONLY nation facing ALL of those threats between July 1940 and April 1941 was Great Britain ALONE. And if you want to correctly argue that Britain was supplied by its empire and the US then remember to add that nazi Germany was also supplied by its OWN empire of its recent European conquests (including some of the most heavily industrialised nations on the planet), as well as MILLIONS of tons of food, fuel and raw materials from their "best friend forever" the USSR (well, at least until 22nd June 1941), and also from Spain, Finland, Sweden & the Balkans... oh and not forgetting that the US also supplied HUGE amounts of raw and finished materials to the nazis AS WELL as it did to the British, being a neutral profiteering bystander as it was until Dec 1941!!! In 1940 Britain saved itself INSPITE of the US as much as it did BECAUSE of the US.

[@gregorturner4753]

one advantage is that if a brit pilot crashed and survived they coudl have in in a plane almost straight away. if the luftwaffe lost a plane they also lost the aircrew.

[@andrewjohnson6162]

Dowding one of the saviours of Britain!!!

[@CadarnTheMad1810]

Just stumbled on your video, great reaction! So, as a Brit, and a history nut, this was our finest hour. Somethings to mention tho: We wee not alone, there were people from around the empire who came to this little island to put a shield up against the funny moustache man, Canadians, few Americans, South Africans, Aussies and New Zealanders, so many to mention. One group you HAVE to single out are the Poles, they not only fought to keep the German Army off the shore but for those loved ones back home, glad they were on our side Couple of other things to mention, this one tho will trigger a few people, the Spitfire is probably THE best aircraft of WW2. However the early versions, although they had 8 machines guns, they were .303s, rifle rounds, they soon upped the firepower with larger calibre or cannons. Also homefield advantage was huge. If a pilot got shot down over the UK, if German, he would be captured and marched off to a POW camp, but if from the RAF, as long as they were uninjured they could be back to squadron the next day. Even if injured, they can be patched up, healed up and sent back up. If you want a film on this, recommend the 1969's The Battle of Britain.

[@MortonBartlett-yy3cn]

Who orcastratrd the RAF in Battle of Britian, Keith Park, a Kiwi, known as The Defender of London

[@SailorRob1473]

For a truly crazy Brit, check out Mad Jack Churchill, or Adrian Carton de Wiart, the unkillable soldier.

[@Mosoman42]

Churchill was a very good orator, i cant imagine any modern day leader being this inspiring

[@Tinnunulus]

Churchill what a man and what a saviour, thanks for putting this on lad well done 👍

[@thomasnewton8997]

I am proud to be British my grandfather was in the British expeditionary force and was catcherd at Dunkirk

[@SheenaSelby]

Please don't diminish what the countries from what was the empire did. They too fought in the battle of Britain and in the RAF. Just because they were part of the empire did not mean they didn't fight in the major battles. Our remembrance day is to remember everyone who dies in battle British or empire/colonies

[@tacfoley4443]

Here's something to ponder - The RAF thought that a German fighter squadron had twelve aircraft. In fact, it was nine. The Germans though that the RAF fighter squadrons had the same - in fact, they had twelve.

[@algarvemicky1237]

You are a lovely guy, respect!

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

Churchill picked up the phone and asked ' how many planes do we have even reserve '. The answer 'None'. Honestly. We just, just got through.

[@mrr-ee6ui]

love that an american is watching this type of history

[@Foxhunter49]

As a child, in the 1950s I well recall playing on the bomb sites around Ventnor Isle of Wight, because of air raids on the radar station on St Boniface Downs above the town. The compound is still there, non of the old masts, but modern masts, I believe still have radar. There are several brick buildings with thick concrete roofs where ack ack guns were mounted outside the compound.

[@user-pb8vc8vp8w]

Keep in mind the US didn't physically join the war until 1942.(Yes I know Pearl Harbour was Dec '41,but nothing happened for US troops till early March '42). Britain had 22 miles between England & France.On a clear day you can see France.At Dunkirk,which was a British defeat,hopes were to evacuate 30,maybe 35 thousand troops off the French beaches.They got Three Hundred & Thirty THOUSAND.It was then the Battle of Britain started while waiting for the expected German invasion.The world at large still doesn't realise how close Britain came to defeat,hence the legend of "The Few". At one point the Royal Air Force had every fighter they had in the air on one single day.If Germany had pushed on the day after the Second World War would have been lost.Simple as that.

[@pashvonderc381]

And also Göring decided to change tactics that day which gave England just enough breathing space to carry on the fight..

[@karengoderie7758]

those 350000 were mostly through small civilian boats even more amazing

[@user-cc2tx7uw2s]

A Nation desended from ancient Warriors, a thousand years ago a lady and her child could walk our streets unbothered and in safety. A land that does not tollerste facism nor Communism

[@gothicwilderness]

My parents lived near Hallsville School (knnown then as South Hallsville School) when it was bombed in 1940. My mum always spoke of the line of ambulances taking the dead away. Official figures say under 100 were killed but it was more like 700. The incident was kept quiet so that it would not affect morale. The RAF were amazing.

[@user-yu9uw8wo9o]

You might enjoy this YT vid too - 'Douglas Bader (1910-1982)'. He was a WW2 pilot and friend of the family and I met him often

[@tacfoley4443]

You neglected to menrion that Douglas Bader was a double amputee- having lost both legs in a flying accident BEFORE the war began.

[@ZacSheehy]

Interesting bit of trivia! During the London blitz the buses still ran although survive was delayed.

[@tonyfields9743]

I would point out that although Britain was alone, we had friends from the defeated countries of Europe and from the Empire plus even some Americans who defied their own Government to fight along with us.

[@ronabennett94]

Your are a lovely young man and thank you from a proud Brit for appreciating our wonderful Winston Churchill ❤

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Cold shower for Rona, I Think !!! :)

[@JJ-of1ir]

This was a great reaction by you. Thank you.

[@michaelmcnamee7865]

Can you imagine the mental strain of risking your life with almost certain death up to 5 times a day for 57 days? And people here have a breakdown if their coffee is missing something.

[@user-yw8bb1zw2m]

Commonwealth troops were already fighting with the British. They were not alone.

[@harryjohnson9215]

A lot of Germans say that the most important point of the war was Stalingrad Americans say D-DAY or midway But i believe that the British are right by saying THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN and the second battle of el-alimain Although if i had to pick a different one i would say THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

[@qwadratix]

You have to remember those 8 machine guns were only .303 calibre. It sounds like a lot of firepower but it's not really. Later on, a pair of 20mm cannon were fitted instead. Much more effective.

[@StimParavane]

A really superb speech and so powerfully delivered. Truly a master of the English language and how to use it.

[@stevenread1676]

Yes, remember while everyone constantly screeches about how allied raids on Dresden later on in the war were war crimes, everone seems to forget in 1940 the Germans didn't just bomb London- other places got heavily pasted in bombing raids too- notably Coventry, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Norwich. Coventry got bombed so badly it nearly got annihilated. So while yes, Dresden was bad, but remember while it wasn't right, in a war setting, we merely paid the nazi's back. In regards to the british planes, 8 machine guns sounds like a lot, but these were rifle calibre bullets- .303 brownings. Reliable and available in quantities needed, it did have a weakness- a .303 bullet didn't do a lot of damage compared to heavier machine guns and cannons the Germans used (and even Americans later with their .50 cal machine guns). Our pilots took to drawing in the convergance points of their guns to 200 yards and under as the hail of fire at point blank (or as close as you can get was found to be effective) - Polish squadrons flying Hurricanes were some of the first to do this and likely contributing to just how lethal they were.

[@angierucinski5694]

Look up 303 Squadron The Polish Squadron which had the highest kill rate.

[@MyHandsRCold]

Really good reaction. You seem open and attentive, and its just got you an extra subscriber

[@user-vy6qi2pn8o]

I live in a town where in WW1 the first shell landed killing a solider, theres a plaques/memorial dedicated to him on the battery he served

[@Not_Liam19]

An old man would come into the store I was working at and he and his brother were both apart of bomber crews in the Berlin bombing campaign and its really eye opening the way he would describe what went on. Unfortunately his brother was shot down

[@VeteranHedonist]

I've been to Churchills war rooms which is under Whitehall in London. It's an interesting day out if anyone visits London. Everything has been left as it was in the early 40s. You can even see churchills private quarters where he stayed.

[@Drew-sq2ds]

Battle of Britain mistake was they thought we stood alone Great Britain - 2,342 Australia - 32 Barbados - 1 Belgium - 28 Canada - 112 Czechoslovakia - 88 France - 13 Ireland - 10 Jamaica - 1 Newfoundland - 1 New Zealand - 127 Poland - 145 Rhodesia - 3 South Africa - 25 United States - 9

[@valeriedavidson2785]

@Drew The majority were still British and very young, even though we were grateful for help.

[@stephensmith1343]

I'm British and always recognise the contributions of our allies in the Battle of Britain.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

@@stephensmith1343 Of course we appreciated the help from other nations during the war but sometimes people try to take away the huge contribution the British made to WWII. I do not want to take away anything from our own country which some people try to do.

[@Bronek.Konarski]

​@@valeriedavidson2785This is actually quite a sad bit of history. Britain was producing more planes than it had pilots, so young Brits with practically no training and no experience​ were required to fly what amounted to suicide missions.

[@matthew4107]

hear that speech, and ask yourself why americans who say they won WW2 really winds us up xD

[@nickdanger3802]

“Now at this very moment I knew that the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! ... How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care ... We should not be wiped out. Our history would not come to an end ... Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to a powder. All the rest was merely the proper application of overwhelming force.” ― Winston S. Churchill