Anonymous ID: 7a5e85 April 3, 2022, 11:20 p.m. No.16008263   🗄️.is 🔗kun

"The Battle of Britain,"

 

Chapter IV of Frank Capra's "Why We Fight"

series, begins after Hitler's conquest of Western Europe. Once firmly

in control of the parts of France and Norway closest to Great Britain,

the Nazis commence their massive air assault on the British isles.

Outnumbered six to one, the fighters of the Royal Air Force defend their

skies against the Luftwaffe for close to four months. Capra embellishes

the British successes, for example the film claims the RAF fought 200

dogfights in the first thirty minutes of the battle alone, and that by

the end of the first month they had destroyed 900 German planes. (In

truth, the number is closer to 260). However, the success of the

British defenses forced the Germans to change strategies, switching to

more frightening night raids that terrorized London. But the British

resolve won the day, in grand fashion. The film claims total German

losses of more than 2,700. The real number is closer to 1,600. The number of downed British planes equaled approximately half that of Germany.