tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324176019881275668.post4439196642682441773..comments2023-11-03T06:19:27.550-07:00Comments on Remembering World War Two Airmen: Never Was So Much Owed by So Many To So Few..r morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147514874434254047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324176019881275668.post-55074035326497563302007-08-04T12:00:00.000-07:002007-08-04T12:00:00.000-07:00Absolutely. One of the greatest victories of WWII...Absolutely. One of the greatest victories of WWII in either theater, rivaled only by Midway.<BR/><BR/>And I agree, one of the most important victories in the history of Western Civilization (and I teach the subject). :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324176019881275668.post-75712722212396971312007-08-04T11:10:00.000-07:002007-08-04T11:10:00.000-07:00The Len Deighton book is just brilliant. I bought ...The Len Deighton book is just brilliant. I bought it when it first came out, must have been in the 70s and devoured it. It's well worth everyone['s money.<BR/><BR/>I like these words from George Orwell on the BBC Indian Service 19 September 1942<BR/><BR/>“Four days ago, September 15th, was celebrated throughout this country and the world as the second anniversary of the Battle of Britain…The whole maneuver however was a failure and in about two months of air warfare the Germans lost between two and three thousand planes, with some thousands of irreplaceable airmen.<BR/><BR/>September 15th is celebrated as the anniversary because on that day the Royal Air Force shot down no less than 185 German planes, and it was about that date that the failure of the Germans to overwhelm the British defenses by daylight bombing became apparent. Now that we can look back and see the events in better perspective it is becoming clear that the Battle of Britain ranks in importance with Trafalgar, Salamis, the defeat of the Spanish Armada and other battles of the past in which the invading forces of a seemingly invincible monarch or dictator have been beaten back and which have formed a turning point in history.”Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324176019881275668.post-19812048104586412042007-08-04T03:45:00.000-07:002007-08-04T03:45:00.000-07:00We cannot exagerate what these pilots - and their ...We cannot exagerate what these pilots - and their leadeship - did to save the Western World. If they had failed, there would have been no opportunity for the New World to come to the rescue of the Old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com