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Battle of Britain

The document summarizes the Battle of Britain between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1940. It describes how Germany sought to destroy the RAF in preparation for invading Britain. Though outnumbered, the RAF was able to defend Britain through the heroic efforts of its pilots, known as "The Few" by Winston Churchill. The RAF was ultimately victorious, forcing Hitler to abandon plans to invade Britain. However, Germany continued its military campaigns by assisting Italy's invasion of Greece.

The Battle of Britain “ Britain’s Finest Hour”
With the Fall of France - Britain is next in line for German Invasion http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=winston+churchill++finest+hour&hl=en&sitesearch=&start=0
The Basics “ The Battle of Britain” is an all Air battle Germany wants to invade Britain (Operation Sealion) Before they can invade, the German Luftwaffe must destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF)
RAF Hawker “Hurricane” Royal Air Force (RAF) 640 fighters German Luftwaffe 2600 bombers and fighters German Stukas A bit lopsided isn’t it? The Forces German ME-109 RAF Spitfire
The British are fighting over their own territory. Closer to home means they can stay in the air longer If shot down they are safe Not so for the Germans – they get captured However…
And the Brits have this http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=winston+churchill++never+surrender&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv&start=10
RAF defeats the Luftwaffe “ Never in the field of human endeavor have so many owed so much to so few” Winston Churchill speaking about the RAF in the Battle of Britain http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=never+have+so+many+owed+so+much+to+so+few&hl=en&sitesearch=&start=10                                                                                                    
Paris Goering you Idiot! That’s TWICE you failed me!! That’s it, I’m taking you off my Christmas card list!! Had enough you Germanic Pansies!?? Time is on our side I’m so annoyed! I have to invade something to calm my nerves. Well sir, there is always Russia
Hitler abandons plans to invade Britain But he is not done yet
Hitler my friend, I am off to invade Greece Have fun! Don’t forget to shoot the Communists!
Mussolini invades Greece And promptly begins to lose to the Greeks, backed up by the British
Hitler my friend, I could use some help here Oh for crying out loud!
And so Germany goes to help Italy conquer Greece And then keeps going and takes Crete and most of North Africa
My Third Reich is pretty big – but we still need more living space British troops hold back the Germans from the Suez Canal German Afrika Korps Suez canal
Erwin Rommel “The Desert Fox” British Field Marshal Montgomery Leaders in the North African Campaign                                                         
1941 1943
A back and forth battle for North Africa 'A different kind of war. There were no civvies (civilians)mixed up in it. It was clean. When we took prisoners we treated them fine and they treated us fine. We had a go at them, and they had a go at us … a good clean war” El Alamien
A back and forth battle for North Africa