Wrong. The Red Army was. Plus Britain wasn't alone. 400 million people in the Empire stood right behind us

Spot on! Nobody was coming to help Great Britain, the people of the empire were in no position to help as they couldn't get to us. Hitler had taken Europe with a military might the world had never seen before. His Blitzkrieg tactics seemed unstoppable and he had done in months what the German army failed to do in all the years of WW1. If the RAF and fantastic pilots from other countries had lost the Battle of Britain, operation Sealion would have gone ahead and Britain would've faced a full German invasion. Britain falling to the Germans would have been a disaster for the world and the war would've been pretty much over. The D Day landings would never have happened, no Britain, no launching island for the troops to cross the channel and start the battle to liberate Europe. Hitler would then be able to focus more on North Africa and the war would've most likely been lost there. America would've entered the war standing pretty much alone! The Red army had no interest in liberating Europe, this was proven when Starling let the resistance fighters of Poland (who fought hard) get slaughtered after they rose up against the Germans, thinking the advancing red army would help them. Sadly Starling thought it was better to let them fight the Germans alone and not risk Russian lives (ironic a man who ordered civilians to stay in Russian cities and get killed by the German advance).

@@DannyBoy777777 Red army might of been but it was useless at this point in time. Britian was in fact alone in FIGHTING the german army. Germany was in control of some of Europe. Like holy shit dude, that it what he was saying. Imagine saying "Wrong" and have no idea what the comment was actualy saying xD

The RAF crews joked at the time that he was actually referring to their bar bills.

Careful Doug you might upset the history re-writers who think Churchill is bad

@@fossy4321 pmsl 😂

@@Westcountrynordic I'm one of them.

@@dougoneill7266 Glass always half empty, than half full then eh Doug!

Yep, 1 in 6 were foreign I believe.

The Lolez were superb.

Poles

Especially the Polish

we do, we have monuments for them.

Didn't she sadly pass away recently?

And of course the Queen referenced her song when she gave the covid speech last year. We will be with our friends again, we will be with our families again..."we will meet again".

@@samuel10125 indeed she did, may she rest in peace.

Vera Lynn was considered rather square by my Baby Boomer generation back in the Sixties. But as we got older and (one hopes) more 'mature', we began to appreciate and respect this LADY more and more, and came to LOVE her immensely. The 'Forces' Sweetheart' also had something TOTALLY lacking among today's Pop Tarts: DIGNITY.

@@marvinc9994 She was hated by the Forces in her day. Imagine being many miles away from home, your a young man used to Rock'n'roll and many other great modern styles of music, then having to listen to this old Bint harping on. Also there never were Blue birds in Britain back then.

Thank you. I did not know who she was, I just remembered my mother singing that song a lot.

"up until the Battle of Britain the Germans hadn't fought an air battle with a modern airforce" - WTF? Before the Battle of Britain, there was the Battle of France. It was relatively short-lived, but the Luftwaffe were facing a modern airforce before they turned their attention to Britain.

@@redceltnet other than the evacuation at Dunkirk where the RAF fought ferociously to keep the Luftwaffe away from the beach all I know is that Britains airforce still mainly consisted of Biplanes with some Hurricanes which arguably where no match for the ME-109s plus their role was more bombing than dog fighting please educate me 😉and no I don't mean that sarcastically. I am always willing to learn 😌and admit if I'm wrong on something should I be prevented with information that counters point.

@@samuel10125 the Spitfire was introduced into RAF service in 1938. I believe that the fighters serving in support of the BEF in 1939/40 were Hurricanes. The Gloster Gladiator they replaced was in use in places like Iraq, Malta and other “out of the way” places.

Overall, America did kinda save us though. If not for the trade and war loans provided by the US, the UK would of eventually got trampled. The real issue is Germany thought the British Empire would crumple as fast as the French. That's never gonna happen. No Englishman would be compared to a Frenchman.

@@TerraExodus "No Englishman would be compared to a Frenchman." - Well, absolutely not. I mean... France is a sovereign nation. England hasn't been one of those since 1707. Do try and keep up with *current* events, old bean.

My brother retired recently from 22 years in the British army. I had a long term relationship with a German girl and met her Granddad who bombed us during the war, but I never held it against him. He did what he had to do

Correct it is always wise to read both sides of any situation. The winners always whitewash their truth...

@@casperwallace9685 The fact thay Battle lasted over three months is verifiable truth. So what point are you arguing?

BECAUSE that is considered the crucial day - the day that turned the tide of the battle. Pay attention!

@@lorddaver5729 That you only get part of the story.........

@@drwhatson By whom ? I like the bigger picture, so everyone gets the acknowledgements and not just a few.

Definitely a must watch ! Incredible bravery

So was the queen.

There was little to no treatment for whats now called "Post traumatic stress disorder". My own father had his struggles but lived to 93. I'm sincerely sorry to hear the tale of your own dad. God bless his soul. RIP.

My favourite thing is the reason they chose carrots was the fact we had an abundance of carrots and as such they also wanted to encourage people to eat them.

I remember my Great Grandma saying that. Good ploy though. It worked. lol

@@TerraExodus god bless her I bet she could tell some stories

@@jodu626 Yeah, She had quite a few stories when the US started shipping troops over in prep for D-Day. They livened up the pub scene and caused a few incidents.

@@TerraExodus ha I bet

Yes I am. That is what I was referring to.

It was 60,000. 40,000 during the Blitz of 1940/41 when towns and cities across Britain were bombed regularly, including Scotland, Wales and Ulster, (and not just London). A further 20,000 were killed in London and the south east during 1944 when the German V1 and V2 rockets were launched against the UK.

Germany also had the cheek to complain about the UK bombing Dresden etc. when they had bombed lots of our cities.

@@spacefanatic ...the background was: British and Americans used incendiary bombs against civilians... which resulted in hundreds of thousands of civilians being burned alive. And besides, the British have pushed their own casualty numbers upwards and drastically corrected the casualty numbers of German civilians downwards......Well, History is written by the victors, right?! A few years ago, evidence was finally provided that incendiary bombs were used against german civilians. Brits and Americans always denied it, now we know it better! A jogger randomly found a british incendiary bomb in a wooded area on the outskirts of Dresden. And now nobody can tell lies about this fact anymore.

@@dieterdodel835 Just like the opposition did to Coventry and all other UK cities.

@@dieterdodel835 are you seeking sympathy Dieter, we really don’t care how or how many Germans died due to air raids. We didn’t start the war, in fact we really tried to avoid it. But the madness of the NAZIs left us with very little choice. If we had possessed an atomic bomb then, we would have had no compunction but to use it.

Puts tears in my eyes every time I see a spitfire and I’m a 51 year old man .

@@jakeyb6453 Something to be very proud of my friend! 👍🇬🇧

@@jakeyb6453 I'm 83 years old and it's a sound I will never forget.I live in the home of where the engines are from. I'm told by the workers of today that if a spitfire flies over the factory, it does a VICTORY Roll. Have never seen that. Would love to?

I know several 19 year olds that I fought with in NI, Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan that would disagree. I understand where the sentiment comes from but please, please do not underestimate what some of our youth are capable of. As a generation as a whole though, yeah, I see exactly where you are coming from.

They did it back then because they had to. If they had to again, they would.

@Dank Waifu Not all of you, like I said I know and have served with many that are not. I have kids your age though and some of their acquaintances (not fiends, they have better tasted) are depriving a tree of oxygen, they truly are pussies. I mean full on, whining, bitching, self righteous, preaching, hypocritical, over privileged pussies who I wouldn't trust with a can opener let alone a weapon. Funnily enough the ones that you wouldn't trust to walk behind you with a spoon let alone anything more dangerous are also always the ones that eventually tell me "I was going to join the Army but......."

We take the fight to other countries now, an air invasion of Britain is implausible and if there was one, we wouldn't need to rely on 19 year olds. We'd have automated AA cannons and fighter jets flown by seasons veterans, not teenagers. A ridiculous comparison.

no one imagined them doing it then, until it HAD to be done. . dont under estimate the human beings absolute drive to survive in the face of adversity. The reason we can not imagine it is because there's nothing currently that would kick that instinct in to anyone.

I'm so glad to see a reference to the the sounds of the aeroplanes. People have looked at me with scepticism when I have mentioned the difference between ours and their aircraft. I was beginning to wonder if my memory was playing tricks in me. Apparently not.

@@iriscollins7583 Definitely there was a different noise, Iris. They knew which planes were coming over.

Thank you for the information. You have a great new years celebration.

When my grand father was a child in ww2 he remembers the German airforce firing machine guns at them as they were running to the bomb shelter. That was in gosport

My dad LOVED spitfires, he was everything army lol. A proud lancashire fusilier and quite controversially he actually loved German marching songs 🤣

@@thatsthat2612 I’m a massive fan of history documentaries and particularly world at war. They have a German marching song on it that I too am fond off. 😆 we are a strange breed the brits

@@jodu626 lol definitly! He could speak German and i have this memory of being in the kitchen and the history chanel was on and in the 90s it was all ww2, there was a clip of German soilders marching and singing the my dads booming fucking voice joining in word for word 🤷‍♀️😂😂 i was like...ok

@@jodu626 yes it was world at war

What a story. Its always a learning experience to hear from the people who lived it. Thank you for sharing.

Wow that something else. I worry about that on my island after the invasion, so far none found. I found guns when I was there but never bombs. You have a great day.

Same here in Germany, lots of building work going on in Munich at the mo with the odd bomb being found..

So nice of you. Have a great day

There was a military "intervention" on my island by the US back in 1983. Some fighter jets were used. Not on the same level as the film.

@@MrGiant Grenada?

@@steevenfrost Yes, am Grenadian. Was 19 years old then.

@@MrGiant OK. Interesting. I will take a look at this. Can you clarify what island, so I can be sure when educating myself? Grenada?

@@geoffleggett5286 It is Grenada. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grp6eKxl3su6g40.html Here is a video about the invasion/intervention. I reacted to it. a while back too.

And that is every one of the nationalities that make up the few.

"You alright laddie? Good oh! Have that arm bandaged, a mug of hot, sweet, tea and I'll see you down at dispersal. We're on readiness.........."

It was known in WWII. In the UK forces it was called Battle Shock. In WWI it was called Shell Shock. You are right though, it was thought the 'cure' was a rest then carry on as normal. Front line soldiers experiencing Battle Shock were rested if possible then returned to the front. Battle Shock is only part of what modern PTSD is considered, you can have PTSD and not have what was termed Battle Shock.

I can't believe it's 2 years ago ago. Mr grant. I hope you and your family are well. 👍

Hi, Jeremy Clackson does a great doc concerning the raid on St naizierre , Durham Lad

@@geoffwheadon2897 That's the one, it's on Timelines channel