Battle of Britain; the Blitz
An aircraft spotter scanning the skies above London, c. 1940.
75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Seventy-five years ago, British pilots successfully defended their “island home” during a three-month campaign that closed the door on a possible German sea invasion.
In the words of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” British pilots exerted their dominance over the Luftwaffe in the summer of 1940, ensuring that an invasion of Britain would prove impossible for Hitler’s war machine.