When Britain Stood Alone: The Complete Story Of The Battle Of Britain | Full Series | War Stories 

Totally agree they never stood alone. Great marketing hype though..

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You can’t really thank them by writing comments here. You will get loads and loads of ‘likes’ though - which a cynic might think was your true intent.

We can still say thank you and not just to RAF as many think that RAF are british pilots only, and fact is british army was really weak and without much equipment and staff after ww1 and simply britain put own bussiness before being heroic country which britain like to call itself. Simply britain did first similar thing to what france did ..

Don’t forget the tireless WAAFs who processed and analysed all the long-range radar data so that RAF commanders such as Keith Parke could position his spitfire squadrons most effectively, and don’t forget all the ‘aircs’ on the ground who kept the spitties operational and armed.

Couldn’t have asked for any better! Think how many allies were saved by the Radars they invented.

@@stanyeaman4824don’t forget to thank the German pilots who helped make all this happen

The Failure of the masses is to blindly follow the avaricious, ruthless, greedy politicos who slime their way to the top of the political pole. Much as what is happening with the ongoing globalist takeover of the former western democracies.

This story was a lie the RAF had 20 countries save them summer 1940! Seek and you will find and they hate you and feed you lies!

And just think, after a few short years the leftist marxist mob in the UK would brand Churchill as a "racist" who should be forgotten. Welcome to clown world.

Luckily we have direct eyewitness accounts on video of concentration camp survivors and actual films of the concentration camps upon their liberation. There are plentiful films of the Blitz, the war, the Nazis, and so on. Lots and lots of history to watch and learn about. Watch some with your kids or grandkids. We always ate in the living room on Saturday evening when I was a kid and besides ABC's Wide World of Sports there were half hour shows like Victory at Sea and others from which we learned the basics about WW2 history. History Underground is an EXCELLENT youtube channel with a man named JD, I think, who travels around to various battlefields, both in the US and Europe. One day he visited the factory of Oscar Schindler which is now a museum. He has absolutely excellent content that even elementary school age kids can understand. There are also kids' magazines like Cobblestone (not sure if it is still published) for kids -- all history. National Geographic also have some good historical mags kids would enjoy. My parents in the 1960s took us kids on summer trips to battlefields in PA and VA - it was during the Civil War centennial and was a huge deal. We loved it. I especially liked all the uniforms, weapons, saddles, flags, and other army items in the museums. Those really brought history to life.

@sydmccreath4554 no the spirit is passed on from generation to generation but it skipped us somehow

Along with Canada who produced nearly 20 billion in war materials and gave 11 of it away, mostly to Britain. The US was paid for everything they produced for Britain. It took them until the 1990’s to pay for it. Canada never requested payment.

@@arniewilliamson1767, why? Canada was one of Britain's puppets.

@@richardcline1337 Nonsense. Canada took over a week to debate in its own parliament before declaring war on Germany. They also declared war on Japan even before the US

@@arniewilliamson1767 He said "Britain and the commonwealth!" Canada was in the British commonwealth, kindly take the chip of your shoulder and deal with your inferiority complex in private!

@@thehound9638 Go scr*w yourself

Respect 🤛🏻 Clearly a man of honour

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Yea but what made North Africa so vital was the Suez Canal and the oil in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Northern Africa. Australian troops were vital there especially at Tobruk

It's my Birthday today and every year at this time, I sit down and contemplate the extraordinary contribution my Scottish & New Zealand families played in WW1 & WW2. I had 6 Uncles who fought in WW2. Three in the RAF - one was a Squadron Leader and one flew in the Fleet Air arm. My mother's brother was a Desert Rat and another Uncle fought in the South Pacific. Two were killed in the RAF. Of course Sir Keith Park, Flying Ace in WW1 was a New Zealander & No 2 during The Battle of Britain & WW2. So yes, The Commonwealth made a massive contribution...the Bonds were very strong between us at that time. A great film documentary. Thanku.

@@francescahamilton6856 I had 5 uncles and my Dad in WWII. Two died at Dieppe. One was in the merchant marine, another in RCAF bomber Command as a navigator on Halifax bomber, another in the armoured corp driving Churchill and later Sherman tanks and lastly Dad was in the Canadian Parachute Battalion.

And just think, after a few short years the leftist marxist mob in the UK would brand Churchill as a "racist" who should be forgotten. Welcome to clown world.

What about Germans

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Not only that but we’re the greatest of allies 🫡

many of those great pilots were Polish.

@@stevelauda5435 Very True and great bunch as well.

@@stevelauda5435 But not allowed to fly at first but when they were.....wow‼

@@stevelauda5435 RAF Sq 303...one of the highest scoring, if not highest of the Battle!

@@stevelauda5435 is your dads name Andreas

That's for sure

No they don’t make men like the Greatest Generation

And just think, after a few short years the leftist marxist mob in the UK would brand Churchill as a "racist" who should be forgotten. Welcome to clown world.

excuse me, but the Russians who run away from the fascist Putin Regime can be better compared with Czechs running from the Nazis

I tried to make a few but they end up in a sock I keep stuffed under my bed.

Churchill was a drunk, a liar, a crook. He forged. Read French painters art and sold them in the South of France as read. He was found out. Most of his writing were stolen from history by other people. Do your homework. He was the worst planner of war in history - ask the AUSTRALIANS. That is why he was kicked out of parliament and his party.

Man of integrity and Churchill don’t get along. He was the one who caused the bengal famine whereby millions died. His own words were that their lives didn’t matter. Please don’t parade such man. Every war lords of the ww2 were in some way selfish and cynical whether it was the axis or the allies.

@@Dennis-JDBtoo bad he was not trans

He was a bigot and a drunk. He could give eloquent speeches and was certainly a great orator. The phrase I like from a wartime leader is Zalenskey. With an offer of evacuation by the US and his famous “ I need ammunition, not a ride!”

Inspirational for the British but during the Bengal famine Churchill turned down grain from Canada and Australia. 3-4 million people died. Also kept pushing for invasions in the E. Med instead of D-Day; Market Garden what a disaster.

My Uncle flew them. He stated that you didn’t fly a spit but strapped it on. Of all the aircraft he flew which included the Hurricane, Spitfire,Mustang and Typhoon, he loved the Spitfire the best

The spitfire was definitely a pretty airplane ....

No, that would be the American P-51.

@@DavidP793 Maybe to an American. The most famous pilots of WWII Eric Brown and Adolph Galland disagree with you.

@@arniewilliamson1767 the P-51 is the most beautiful fighter plane of all time (including the F22). Most ppl in aviation agree with this.

Your Dad was right. There were also plenty of Spitfires still flying, but they had to scour the globe for flying Hurricanes. I recall some Hurricanes were shipped over from Canada and US as well.

My father was a SSTG in Australia with the 100 air squadron service. He loved the Australis. He said were good down to earth folks!

That agravated me a bit But it was not that many original BF109.s left!!! //Lars

Threw me off, too!

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Messerschmitt 108s though not 109s

Yes he was speaking about the non English that came from half a world away to save England.

​@boblouden6663 No he wasn't lol

@@dalj4362 yes he was, learn your history.

@@boblouden6663 He was talking about the people that fought to save Britian, not just non english people... FFS...

@sydmccreath4554 have you learnt to read yet,? 😉

My Dad R.N.WW1

@@briggsak05 Congratulations.... you must be nearly 100 years old !!!

And how many troops from 'Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Poland, Czechoslovakia, USA, etc' were actually in Britain ready to attempt to repel a German invasion? This video is about 1940. Why do you people find it so difficult to understand? Certainly, the USA was supplying materials and weapons to Britain in 1940. These were bought and paid for, and brought across the Atlantic in vessels escorted by British warships.

Yes, big thanks to the. 126 New Zealanders 98 Canadians 33 Australians 25 South Africans 145 Polish 88 Czechs 10 Irish 11 Americans (US) 2,945 British We thank you all.

As a country they did stand alone. My father , mother, uncles and father in law were in WW2. On uncle was in the Battle of Britian. He was a Flight Sgt, flew Hurricanes. Retired in 1968 as a Wing commander. One uncle was at Dieppe, one with the 8th Army . Father with the 1st Recce Sqn. The ones that were at Arnhem, father in law in Italy. Mother was a nursing sister/ army nurse.

BF’s just had to be up higher and use boom and zoom tactics , much higher top speed.

Actually, the only real advantage the 109 had over the spit was dive speed. It was a well known tactic that 109 pilots would dive to get away from spitfires, that was all they had.

Please stop getting mixed up between England and Britain. Scottish soldiers played an enormous role, as did Welsh and northern Irish

It was Britain v Germany, not England

@@Groindz My bad. Sorry. In Canada we sometimes just refer the UK as England. Sorry about that mate.

And Australia had two brigades of infantry station on Salisbury Plain. The 18th and what later became the 25th, I think.🇦🇺🐨🇦🇺

@@55vma In fact after Dunkirk the only fully equipped armies to defend the UK were Australians and Canadians. The remainder of the British army left its vehicles and equipment behind.

Much of what you say is valid. Perhaps the correct phrase might have been 'Britain stood almost entirely alone.' In September, of 34.5 divisions in Britain, 32.5 were British.

@@dovetonsturdee7033 Thanks. Effortlessly charming of you to backhandedly tell me that much of what I said was invalid, and to correct a claim I didn't make. I didn't say September, I said battle-ready and I said some months later. I think it might have been at the time of Dunkirk, a further 8-9 months on ("on British soil," notice).

Did you know that it was Easter 1941 when germany had its first defeat in battle in WW2? It happened at Tobruk in North Africa. The army that did it was the Australian 9th Division. Australia declared war just a few hours after Britain did.

@@Neil-yg5gm No I didn't know that. Good lads, those Aussies. Thanks.

@@dixonpinfold2582 Don't be so touchy. I did not correct anything you wrote. I simply suggested an alternative title for the video. You appear to be seeking to take offence at things I did not write. No. I said September, because that was when, if Sealion was ever to have taken place, it would have been attempted. Oh, and by the way, the British actually recovered very quickly from Dunkirk. In August, they were able to send a troop convoy to North Africa to support Wavell & O'Connor.

Yet, apart from one Canadian division & two Australian/New Zealand brigades, there were no Commonwealth troops in Britain in 1940. In the event of an assault landing, however unlikely it might have been, it would be the British who, almost entirely would be the ones who resisted it. Encouragement from far away, whilst good for morale, would not have helped much. There were 574 Commonwealth & Foreign pilots in the Battle of Britain, and 2353 British ones, by the way. Moreover, you greatly exaggerate the importance of the Battle of Britain. After all, if the Germans had achieved a temporary measure of air superiority, all that they then needed to do was find a way past the largest navy in the world for their towed barges.

Please provide us with details of the details of the luftwaffe air assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington? Or how the Wehrmacht stood poised to launch its invasion of the Indian sub continent? Or how the Kriegsmarine attempted to strangle "the British Empire" out of the war by enforcing a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand? Oh news just coming in...... NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED because the only nation subjected to ALL of those threats by the nazis between July 1940 and April 1941 was GREAT BRITAIN ALONE. No need to thank me for unburdening you of your complete cluelessness.

@@dovetonsturdee7033 The Battle was significant in other ways. The strength of the German Air Force was greatly diminished. Had that not been the case, they may have taken Moscow in 41 and ended the war.

@@solrosenberg4529 True, but that was a consequential effect, and not relevent to the situation in 1940.

Books would explain the history even better. No one should criticize a documentary if they’ve never cracked a book to learn for themselves, and there’s no excuse when public libraries are still lending books for free. They’ll even get a book from another library if they don’t have what you’re looking for.

Well then Germany can only blame themselves about bombs. Never let the Germans forget what they allowed the Nazis to do.

@@boblouden6663 yeah, you go on living in the past. Thing is my infant children live in the future.

@@Ohne_Silikone yeah it would be good if the world forgot what the Germans did in WW2 but that's not going to happen. It's not even a 100 years ago. There are still living reminders of the attempted genocide that Germany committed.

@@boblouden6663 Go and argue yourself if you are not willing to address my actual comments. You think I am here watching this stuff because I want to forget? What a stupid assumption to make. It is just that I am not arguing your point in any way or form, because it is totally besides mine and given your toxic tone I have no inclination to either.

And just think, after a few short years the leftist marxist mob in the UK would brand Churchill as a "racist" who should be forgotten. Welcome to clown world.

And you’ve never read anything about the war?? I would have thought you’d want to know about it since you had family members fighting in it! That’s what got me curious….my father enlisted in the Marines after graduating from high school and fought in the pacific island battles on Kwajalein, Tinian, Saipan, and Iwo Jima, but he refused to talk about the war. So I got books 35 years ago and started reading, and I’ve never stopped! I watch documentaries for the film footage, but you’ll never learn much from documentaries, however good they are.

You mean p51 I get mixed up sometimes aswell

Yes. They really were the underdog in WWII. Just like they were the underdog when the incompetenly led Spanish Armada attacked the strong centralized English nation that had just bullied France for over a hundred years.

no shet.. they had the resources of the entire planet.

@@manuel.camelo Apart from the resources of South America, which the Spanish empire had completely pilfered while totally wiping out multple civilisations on that continent.

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 that's true. But my point is still valid. No wonder the Germans went to Argentina.

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 History revisionism at its finest.

No way were Lancasters involved in the B of B - first flight was in Jan 1941 and they entered service in Feb 1942. And I didn't hear them mentioned during this film.

@@andrewmurray9350 Then why are they in the thumbnail pic?

@@andrewmurray9350 aThe lanc never entered service until 1942

Kind of funny, the RAF pilots must be some of the most incompetent pilots Britain has ever produced, because Germany's AF made many flights from August until September over London and other cities dropping leaflets pleading with Britain to stop the bombing of civilians at night and to end hostilities and accept peace. Only until September did the German Luftwaffe began dropping bombs on British cities.

@@nemo6686 It's called "clickbait"

Actually the famed Eagle squadron of Americans didn’t fight in the battle of Ritalin. It was formed later. A number of Amicans did join the RAF and RCAF before the US was forced into the war in 41

Typical attitude of colonials. Rule Brittania

@@arniewilliamson1767 Ah yes, the infamous battle of Ritalin where speed was the key to victory.. ;-)

@@phunkeehone Actually range was the determining factor. Due to the length of time German bomber formations too to form up, The ME109's only had between 7 and 10 minutes of dog fighting time before they had to return for fuel.

@@arniewilliamson1767 While you are definitely right, I think you missed the joke. Ritalin (adhd medicine) = speed (amphetamine), you know. :-)

Yes, big thanks to the. 126 New Zealanders 98 Canadians 33 Australians 25 South Africans 145 Polish 88 Czechs 10 Irish 11 Americans (US) 2,345 British We thank them all.

Canada had their own No 6 Bomber Group which was in North Yorkshire where I live and served on one, RAF Leeming and then worked there for almost 40 years. It is still an active RAF airfield . In my home town of Northallerton we have on our war memorial a tribute the RCAF. Approximately 900 RCAF personnel gave their lives from Leeming during the Bomber offensive. We will never forget them.

@@anthonyeaton5153 Except _EVERY TIME_ you make a documentary or write a history book.

@@Scepticalasfuknot the books I read.

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And Poland, and Czechoslovakia, and the Free French, and the Americans...

@@Mishn0 A few Americans but not America. A friend of mine from the US came to Canada and ended up with 54 sqn. but the country as a whole did not come into the war until 1942.

@@sparky16261 Except that 80% of the fuel burned by those famous Spitfires and Hurricanes came from the US. The Brits are GREAT at forgetting stuff like that.

@@Mishn0 The Brits did not forget anything and yes 100 octane was a big difference but the issue here is doing the fighting. My old friend was an American who came to Canada to get into the war as the US was not in it. Hal ferried aircraft from Canada and eventually ended up in the fight. In other cases aircraft were hauled to the Canadian border from the US and hauled across the border in order to comply with the neutrality of the US at that time. Nobody is forgetting anything but that was not the issue addressed here.

Perhaps you should watch the whole thing and you might realize that Britain did stand alone with a few commonwealth soldiers and airmen as is acknowledged in this documentary.

The jet engine was invented in England. The patent was taken out in 1930 but the aircraft not made until WWII although jet aircraft never fought in the war.

The thing to keep in mind though is that everyone these days has close to the same level of tech, at least major powers do. Now a lot of battles are fought beyond visual range and the level at which things are decided is computer screens far more than pilot seats, I'm a reserve air force comms guy among other things and part of what I did was take long range radar data and plug that into targeting systems for missiles, on ground or in air, and set them to fire at targets that were sometimes 30min away from being visible to the platform firing the missile.

@@valeriedavidson2785 Good to point out that no english jet's fought in the war but jets did fight in it

@@xlgapelsin6173 Rubbish.

the patriot anti-missile-drone guns and the stinger missiles combined with satellite targeting will soon drive the Russians out of Ukraine.

A mere 1.5 billion people. Some alone.

Well we wouldn’t have done it without them. 20% of the raf pilots were commonwealth and allies.

@@lesliemaitland3551 pp

Exactly

If Britain had dropped off 400,000,000 Indians via parachute in Berlin, they wouldn't have been alone😂

There's an RU-vid channel called: worldwar two. They are going through wwII real Time week by week we are now on December 1943. 2-years ago they released 6-hour long multiple Episodes of Pearl Harbor minute by minute. And they have covered Guam and midway as The war progress. Next june they have D-day special.

Amarican pilots? Less than ten. Canadian pilots 117. 'Alone' means in the sense of being the only nation still actively in arms against Germany in 1940, and it is correct.

Please provide us with details of the details of the luftwaffe air assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington? Or how the Wehrmacht stood poised to launch its invasion of the Indian sub continent? Or how the Kriegsmarine attempted to strangle "the British Empire" out of the war by enforcing a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand? Oh news just coming in...... NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED because the only nation subjected to ALL of those threats by the nazis between July 1940 and April 1941 was GREAT BRITAIN ALONE. No need to thank me for unburdening you of your complete cluelessness.

Poland did not exist at the time of the Battle of Britain. The British & French undertook to declare war if Germany invaded Poland, not to protect Poland. Didn't they declare war, or didn't they?

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Britain declared war on Germany if they did not leave Poland and they did. Polish solders we re a huge contributor to the liberation of Europe

what rubbish, britain wanted to fight russia to get rid of them from poland, america would not support them. they could not do it alone. you might want to learn abit of respect. we declared war on germany because of poland. we took in the polish royal family and let your people fight from our shores while nobody else would or could. shame on you.

Betrayed??? We had no obligation to protect Poland or any other foreign country. We rightly centred our resources on protecting our own country.

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Keith Ranker. DEFENCE and DEFENCES. No s in it.

@@valeriedavidson2785 take a break from the internet, ur terrible attitude is insufferable

@@dirtydangler Why should I? I get fed up with Americans taking over our language.

@@valeriedavidson2785 ^ Always one...

​@valeriedavidson2785 you do realise there are 2 ways of spelling hmm? There's British/Canadian English that use s-es, and American English which uses C-es. I know who you are, an American Idiot not aware of the world around you..gl in life.

Once you command the skies, that is the first step to victory. Britain still very nearly fell, economically it was close to bankrupt and almost unable to afford repairs.

You are absolutely right. However, that is with hindsight. The issue is the people at the time were not aware of that. The RN was reasonably confident it could defeat a potential landing given their resources, but could not rule a landing out given what they knew, or thought they knew at the time. really that is the crux of the matter, and one people often fail to consider. We looking back on history have the advantage of hindsight, the people there at the time had no such thing. They had no crystal ball into the future upon which to base their decisions. So yes, you are utterly correct in stating that even had the RAF not maintained Air superiority a German landing would have still been impossible because of the ridiculous Naval power disparity. What is more difficult to ascertain however is how many people were aware of that *at the time*.

It took until 2002 to pay the Americans off.

@@mikemines2931 it was actually 2006.

Never failed to realise, 😊

Yup, the special relationship is a myth. The day after the UK signed up to the repayment terms for lend lease the US announced The Marshall plan which meant huge sums of money to renew the industry of our recent enemies while the UK struggled on with its old machinery.

@@donaldpaterson5827 That mythical 'special relationship' only works if it favours the US!! A Country completely lacking in any moral fibre!!!

You forgot to mention the single pilot who scored a full 30% of 303 squadron's TOTAL confirmed kill tally.... The CZECHOSLOVAKIAN ace Josef František.

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Its not nation Czechoslovak - he was Czech.

Interchangeable like calling a Welshman or Scotsman "British" (which is also perfectly correct). František flew prewar for the Czechoslovak air force, NOT the Czech air force.

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 303rd squadron was Polish Air Forces in GB.

@@joe-ob3se And Josef František was the CZECHOSLOVAKIAN pilot who flew with "Polish" 303 sqd, and achieved a full 30% of their total credited kill tally. Some silly Polish people whine on about "national recognition" for their efforts during WW2, and then totally ignore and hide the efforts of other nations who contributed toward "their" success.

As a nation alone with help of other nations..got it...😂

What a pathetic response. Not aware of the difference between individuals and nations. Or were you trying to be funny? If so? You didn’t succeed

Yes, the Commonwealth & Empire did make a major contribution to the combined war effort, but the video is about the Battle of Britain period, when that contribution was still largely in the future.

Please provide us with details of the details of the luftwaffe air assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington? Or how the Wehrmacht stood poised to launch its invasion of the Indian sub continent? Or how the Kriegsmarine attempted to strangle "the British Empire" out of the war by enforcing a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand? Oh news just coming in...... NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED because the only nation being subject to all of those threats by the nazis between July 1940 and April 1941 was GREAT BRITAIN ALONE. No need to thank me for unburdening you of your complete cluelessness.

What does 'winning' actually mean? The best the Luftwaffe could have hoped for was control of the airspace over the South Eastern corner of England, within the range of their fighters, as Fighter Command withdrew north of the Thames to regroup. From June 1940 onwards, the British were outproducing the Germans in aircraft, and especially in fighter aircraft. Thereafter, all the Germans needed to do was to get their troops, in largely unescorted barges towed at little more than walking pace by tugs, into and across a Channel dominated by the RN, which had by September around 70 light cruisers and destroyers within five hours steaming of the Dover Straits, and around 500 smaller supporting warships in the same area.

Captain mainwaring would have something to say about that !!....

Not so sure it would be darker but it certainly would be a world in a more defined order than it is now...i somehow doubt that the germans could pull of an amphibious invasion of the uk....

@@dovetonsturdee7033There was no really danger of invasion because of the RN. But, had the Germans managed to cripple RAF fighter command early, they would have had free reign to bomb British infrastructure into oblivion and they likely could have forced a negotiated peace, which means no more launching point for an allied invasion of Europe.

@@LouisKing995 Actually, the British were outbuilding the Germans in aircraft, and particularly in fighters, from June 1940 onwards. Moreover, the Germans lacked any strategic bombers, as their air force was strictly a ractical one. Moreover, the Germans had never even heard of Britain's shadow factories, and thus had no idea where they were.

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"If, on the morrow, The Hun should beat us at our national game, let us remember that we have been them at theirs. Twice.". 1966 - prior to a European Cup football match between England and Germany

Great Britain didn't defeat. Germany.... USA and Soviet union did gb just dragged the USA into their fight so we could finish it( just like WW1)...... how's jolly old england after WW2?¿?¿?

@@rsmithajd Just to clarify, the USA didn't get dragged into WWII by GB, but instead waited more than two years to get into the fight, and only then after Germany declared war on them in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In WWI, again the USA waited until the war had been underway for three years. So, before you break your arm patting the USA on the back for 'winning' both World Wars, educate yourself on the larger context as well as the contributions of the other countries who were there (both times) from the beginning, e.g. Canada and others.

The Commonwealth had little direct involvement in the defence of Britain in 1940, although it, and the Empire, played a significant role in the eventual outcome of the war.

@@dovetonsturdee7033 I'm eager to hear more about the luftwaffe's aerial assaults on Canberra, Ottawa, Delhi and Wellington. Or how the Kriegsmarine planned a u-boat blockade of Australia and New Zealand, or how Canada & India were threatened with invasion by the German army. Oh, hold on !!!! Incoming message on the teleprinter....... in 1940 it was only Britain who faced all of those challenges... Britain ALONE.

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 There do seem to be a lot of people around who simply cannot accept what actually happened in 1940. Almost like it is an act of faith with them that Britain could not possibly have, alone, done what Britain did.

"thanks both to pre-war agreement and wartime sales arrangements, American suppliers delivered sufficient quantities of performance-enhancing 100 octane fuel to England in time for use by Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain." page 84 The Burning Blue Addison and Crang Faber and Faber Ltd London WCIB 3DA The Browning .303 Mark II was the standard gun used on British aircraft during the 1930s and Second World War. It was adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and manufactured under license by Vickers Armstrong and BSA. The design was based on the 1930 Pattern belt-fed Colt-Browning machine gun with a few minor modifications.

As of 2006 Britain still owed the US 4.4 billion 1934 USD in WWI debt. Under article V of the 1942 Lend Lease agreement LL items were to be returned to the US unless lost, consumed or destroyed. Items returned in good condition (one piece), including 36 escort carriers, were of no cost to Britain. "First and foremost, they note that they have written off the main body of Lend-Lease, amounting to something of the order of £4,000,000,000 to £5,000,000,000 (16 to 20 billion USD) net" below 678 ANGLO-AMERICAN FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS HL Deb 17 December 1945 vol 138 cc677-776 United States: War Loans to UK HL Deb 27 May 2002 vol 635 cc126-7WA127WA §Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they owe money to the United States Government as a result of World War Two debt: if so, how much is owed; when it will be repaid; and what representation they have made to the United States Government concerning the debt being cancelled. [HL4422] §Lord McIntosh of Haringey Under a 1945 agreement, the United States Government lent the United Kingdom a total of $4,336 million (around £1,075 million at 1945 exchange rates) in war loans. These loans were taken out under two facilities: (i) a line of credit of $3,750 million (around £930 million at 1945 exchange rates); and (ii) a lend-lease loan facility of $586 million (around £145 million at 1945 exchange rates), which represented the settlement with the United States for lend-lease and reciprocal aid and for the final settlement of the Financial claims of each government against the other arising out of the conduct of the Second World War. Under the agreement the loans would be repaid in 50 annual instalments commencing in 1950. However, the agreement allowed deferral of annual payments of both principal and interest if necessary because of prevailing international exchange rate conditions and the level of the United Kingdom's foreign currency and gold reserves. The United Kingdom has deferred payments on six occasions. Repayment of the war loans to the United States Government should therefore he completed on 31 December 2006, subject to the United Kingdom not choosing to exercise its option to defer repayment. As at 31 March 2001, principal of $346,287,953 (£243,573,154 at the exchange rate on that day) was outstanding on the loans provided by the United States Government in 1945. The Government intend to meet their obligations under the 1945 agreement by repaying the United States Government in full the amounts lent in 1945 and so no representation has been made. Britain received 2.7 billion USD in Marshall Aid 1948-1952 Lend Lease cost the US 50 billion USD total, 41.67 per cent of Britain's total expenditure, 120 billion USD..

Adding an exclamation mark doesn't make a facile comment true.

@@dovetonsturdee7033ut it’s true😂😂 Britain can’t even stand alone today, hence why millions are actively encouraged to come here and help😅😅😅😅😅

we were alone though just because you can type laughing faces doesn't mean your right, Britain was alone

Lufc you are correct these people don’t know what they are talking about

Almost none of which was near enough to provide the military support that Britain needed in 1940.

an empire that meant nothing during the battle.

Have you compared London to Tokyo or Berlin lately????

@@Scepticalasfuk Nope

Don’t forget the tireless WAAFs who processed all the flood of radar data to track every enemy plane and get the info across to Fighter Command. Without them the result might have been very different. They are the ones who made the RAF Fighter Command such a well-oiled fighting machine. Also, remember the ground crews who kept the planes flying and fighting.

@@stanyeaman4824 Absolutely Stany they’re called the Greatest Generation, because they were!