On the 18th of June 1940, Churchill stood in Parliament and gave a speech in which he stated that what General Weyland had called the Battle of France was over and that the Battle of Britain was about to begin. In the middle of this remarkable conflict was one Raymond Towers Holmes…

Sir Winston Churchill

Hermann Göring

Preparations being made for the invasion of Britain

Joseph Kennedy, the US Ambassador to Great Britain

Adolf Hitler

The Me 110

The Supermarine Spitfire

The Hawker Hurricane

The Me 109

Battle of Britain pilots

The coverage of Chain Home

Chain Home operators

Arty Holmes in his fighter

Dog fights over London during the Battle of Britain

Dornier Do 17s

The secret weapon flamethrower

The Do17 without its tail plunges down towards Victoria Station

Wreckage of the Do17 that Arty brought down

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