The Few

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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." — Winston Churchill

Seventy years ago, an outnumbered RAF was facing off against the Luftwaffe in the skies of south-eastern England.  Through courage and sheer dogged determination, they broke the back of the massed aerial assault and denied Nazi Germany the air supremacy over the Channel that was vital to the success of the planned Operation Sealion.  Had Operation Sealion launched as planned, Britain's defences would likely have been overwhelmed, and Britain would have fallen or been forced to surrender.  With no bridgehead from which to launch an Allied counter-attack, the D-Day invasions could not have been launched in the form that they were, and the course of the Second World War would likely have been very different.  In light of the Luftwaffe's failure to gain air superiority, however, Operation Sealion was cancelled.

Britain observes this day, September 15, as Battle of Britain Day.  It has now been seventy years.

Never forget The Few.  We all owe them a debt beyond measure.

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