70th Anniversary of Battle of Britain

[papa_smurf]

Surprised no-one posted this but Saturday was the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10588684.stm

Heres to those brave men who fought overwhelming odds, and emerged victorious:salute:

[Raptor1]

I thought July 10th was the start of the BoB...

Ah, well. :salute: either way.

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Prokhorovka and Operation Kutuzov though, arguably one of the most important turning points of World War II.

EDIT: Ah, saturday. Right.

[HunterICX]

Thanks to them brave chaps Britain could stay in the war and made the liberation of Europe a possibility.
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9631/battleofbritainpropagan.jpg

:salute:

HunterICX

[krashkart]

Monty Python skits might have been so much different without the sacrifices made by the brave airmen of the RAF. May we never forget. :salute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=900keoFkqOk

[Oberon]

:salute:

Now the Kanalkampf is under way.

http://twitter.com/RAFDuxford1940

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/july10.html

http://www.1940chronicle.com/

:salute:

[STEED]

UK Members.....

Battle of Britain the Lost Evidence this Wednesday CH5 8pm

[nikimcbee]

Huzzah to the Eagle Squadron:salute:.

[Betonov]

If Britain fell, the Yugoslav resistance may have been futile and I wouldnt be writing this here

so, RAF :salute::salute::salute:

[mookiemookie]

Yes it's Daily Mail, but a nice piece on the underrated Hawker Hurricane's role in the Battle of Britain:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293468/The-unsung-plane-REALLY-won-Battle-Britain.html?ITO=1490

[Sailor Steve]

I thought July 10th was the start of the BoB...
Saturday was the 10th.

[Oberon]

Yes it's Daily Mail, but a nice piece on the underrated Hawker Hurricane's role in the Battle of Britain:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293468/The-unsung-plane-REALLY-won-Battle-Britain.html?ITO=1490

Nice piece, the Hurri was the unsung hero of the BOB. A superb kite that would bring you home even if she looked more like a sieve than an aircraft. :yep:

[Raptor1]

Saturday was the 10th.

Yeah, thought he meant today was as usually these threads are made on the actual date, then I looked again and edited my post to reflect my original lack of reading of the original post.

All is well now, move along.