The Battle of Britain
 

https://i.imgur.com/vjgn43s.jpg


This year sees the 80th anniversary of this pivotal time. If the RAF had not shredded the arrogance of the Luftwaffe in the skies over Southern England in the Summer of 1940, then the war in Europe would have been lost. If the Nazis had conquered us there would have been no place from where to launch any kind of Allied offensive against 'Festung Europa'... no 8th Air Force and no D-Day

My family lived right underneath all this... they looked up from their everyday chores in the beautiful countryside and sleepy villages... where nothing seemed like it could ever change... whether that be hop-picking or digging for victory in their little back gardens... and watched the curling, looping vapour trails 5 miles or more above, as the planes twisted and turned in their desperate struggles

That picture...! :haha:


Wins the golden nut of the month.

^:D

It has been rumored since long that the battle of Britain was about more than just freedom and England, but - nuts...? Really?



Imagine the headline. >Luftwaffe ace Herrmann Herrlich shot down over England by an angry Eichhörnchen. < "Put your hands off my nuts!", the triumphant rodent is quoted to have said after landing.

https://i.imgur.com/vjgn43s.jpg



It is said he had a devastating, almost ravenous effect on Nutzis...





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^ @ Nutzis, :haha: Good one, Vienna. Absolutely love the spitfire but if figures are accurate, the Brit Hawker Hurricane shot down more " Nutzis. " There were Americans flying some of those Spitfires, just itching to get into the fight.



Here is Captain Tree Topper of the fabled " Squirrel Team Six. " Of an American Unit.




https://pics.me.me/captain-treetoppe...re-5448469.png

There was only ever one nut involved and he was called Hermann Göring.

@ Platapus: Armstrong & Miller brought things bang up to date with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK33sl64YNw