# Battle of Britain

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**Category:** History\
**Created:** [10 July 2015 17:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/battle-of-britain/2732 "2015-07-10T17:59:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [10 July 2015 17:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/battle-of-britain/2732/1 "2015-07-10T17:59:48Z")

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It’s the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Churchill’s oratory style meant that he often over egged things, but on this, I find it difficult to disagree.

_Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few_

Boggles the mind to think what might have been. Here’s a flypast, featuring some “local” supermarine boys.

## [https://www.youtube.com/embed/5C\_DaGYK588](https://www.youtube.com/embed/5C_DaGYK588)

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**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\
**Post date:** [10 July 2015 18:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/battle-of-britain/2732/2 "2015-07-10T18:28:22Z")

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Some thought-provoking shots in this BBC article.

> **[When the UK was bombed nightly for eight months in a row](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33314462)**
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> Blitzed Brits - 75 years on - how the UK's cities were under nightly attack by German bombers in WW2.