An excellent myth-busting work my Richard Overy, who exposes many of the illusions that Britons seem to hold regarding the Battle of Britain. Britain did not, for example, far fewer planes and pilots that Nazi Germany during the battle (British output was actually double that of Germany throughou...
But when I think how on earth we are going to win it, my imagination quails. HAROLD NICOLSON, DIARY, 8 NOVEMBER 19401 We shall win, but we don’t deserve it; at least we do deserve it because of our virtues, but not because of our intelligence. WINSTON CHURCHILL, 10 AUGUST 19402 Britain was not dr...