On the 18th of June 1940, Churchill stood in Parliament and gave a speech in which he stated that what General Weyland had called the Battle of France was over and that the Battle of Britain was about to begin. In the middle of this remarkable conflict was one Raymond Towers Holmes…

Sir Winston Churchill

 

Hermann Göring

 

Preparations being made for the invasion of Britain

 

Joseph Kennedy, the US Ambassador to Great Britain

 

Adolf Hitler

 

The Me 110

 

The Supermarine Spitfire

 

The Hawker Hurricane

 

The Me 109

 

Battle of Britain pilots

 

The coverage of Chain Home

 

Chain Home operators

 

Arty Holmes in his fighter

 

Dog fights over London during the Battle of Britain

 

Dornier Do 17s

 

The secret weapon flamethrower

 

The Do17 without its tail plunges down towards Victoria Station

 

Wreckage of the Do17 that Arty brought down

 

 

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