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Old 26-11-2007, 05:08 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by morse1001 View Post
The official intrepretation of the BofB - the plucky youths of fighter command slaying the once invincable Luftwaffe - is now under question...
Never ceases to get me shaking my head and wondering how historians come up points to argue this. It is healthy to question the standard but to question the sacrifices of (cliche alert) The Few? Well, perhaps that's a bit extreme but how can the outcome be questioned?...

The Luftwaffe was defeated in the BoB by the RAF.
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Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM.
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