It's amazing how they obtained all accurate planes for this movie , most ww2 flicks had to make due with post war equipment , although I know the bf 109s were Spanish versions , one of my favorite war films
@Calburtonreid It's a shame that they only showed 5-6 flying Spitfires, since they managed to gather 12. Of different Marks of course, but they could have shown them in formations at a distance.
I love the low flying 109's in the begining. When I first saw that scene I was like dam look at that one at 30ft then all of a sudden I see the other one even lower. Guess they took care of the "Lame Ducks". Great movie!
While it is common knowledge that the Germans gave their ground troops "little pills to keep them going" it is unlikely the RAF issued "little piills to their pilots" While Methamphetimine may keep you from falling asleep, it also has effects that to my knowledge would make piloting a fighter and air combat problematic. I have yet to meet an RAF pilot that admits to taking meth! These men did what they had to do because failure was not an option. Men were made of sterner stuff back then!
I ask my British friends to please have patience with Americans when they start spouting the " The USA won WWII all bye itself" nonsense". The leftist in the U.S Eductional system decided long ago that they would replace real history with politically correct propaganda about how America sucks. Slavery gets many chapters in our history books, the US Civil War is only mentioned in that context. WWII gets barely a page, unless it's a bunch of hand wringing about nuking the peace loving Japanese.
@mpainter22 The last time us Brits were successgully invaded was in 1066 by William the Conqeuror! Hitler and his little minions, sure as hell weren't going to succeed, joining the big list of those who have failed, including Napoleon Bonaparte, The Spanish Armarda etc.
@1415w Yes, about 100 real aircraft were used, but "only" less than 70 actually could fly... And even lesser is seen flying in the finished film. For example, the later Griffon-engined Spitfires are never seen, except maybe at long distance in the mass dogfight scenes. And you never see all 33 "Heinkels" in the air (maybe all were not airworthy, after all).
if im a field marshall of the German third reich I will not attack Britain by warplanes ...I'll attack Britain with rockets full of rockets at night and fully guarded by messerschmits....Im sure in a short day Britain will surrender ...
@slazzer145 They weren't ready thank God in 1940, they were still be being developed by those Nazi scientists. If they had em then then things would of been different.
@evo5dave Agreed. And, just as importantly, it would be remade nowadays with CGI and bluescreen that would look dated in 5 years.... nowhere near as real as the actual functional aircraft in this movie
there is one theory that the film explores, had the Nazis not switched their attacks from the airfields to London and the cities, the RAF would have lost the war of attrition. By attacking London and avoiding the airfields, it gave the fighter command chance to regroup, recover their losses and drive off the Luftwaffe
Actually everybody in my coutry hoped Germany´s victory since we allied with it and began plan together Barbarossa, which started 1941. Hitler did not even want to conquer Britannia after France surrendered 1940. Churchill forced Germany to continue war, becouse he refused to make peace with Germany. Churchill knew that Germany can´t conquer Britannia protected by the Royal Navy, coastal defence and RAF which had nearly as many aircrafts as Luftwaffe. So he wanted continue war.
Many people do not understand that German war propaganda movies do not tell truth about real strenght of Germany 1940. Though Germany won Poland´s and France´s army using modern strategies and war tactics, Germany´s army was actually not so strong statistically as many people belive. Germany was not prepared to long war. Hitler did not even want to conquer Britannia, he wanted make peace after France surrendered, perhaps he hoped 1919 lost colonies back. Churchill forced him continue war.
You are telling me that this "brilliant" strategist didn't envisage Britains preparednes,OR her abilities to defend herself? sir , that is rubbish! he thought in his arogance, that he could defeat us thats why he sent his lufftwafe, thats why he prepared his armada,and thats why he failed!! he underestimated his enemy!!! "Churchill forced him continue war" what rubbish!!! England forced him to continue, cos England would give him NO quarter!! end of!
but the ME-262 jet (the most advanced aircraft of WW2 was still on the drawing board in 1940, it didn't see action til late 1944 and by then it was too late to make any real difference
According to all the sources I can find the first ME262 unit was Erprobungskommando 262 which went operational in April 1944. First reported action was 26 July 1944, when one intercepted an RAF PR mosquito of 540 Squadron. The only ME262's flying in 1942 were the first three prototypes, all unarmed and two were powered by piston engines. Can you give me references to the operational in 1942 claim?
Hay EaseyCompanyAirborne your not the modest type are you and that guy Affleck played was fictional they said it on the DVD extres and there where individual New Zealanders (98 in all) who shot down more aircraft then all the yanks put together but it did take guts for them to go there as it was treason
ubersis. Churchill called out for help from the Americans. Men like Billy Fiske responded. Although they were called "the Few", American pilots were able to train those from other parts of the world. After all, the Americans were recognized as being the best pilots in the world - after all, the airplane was an American invention.
B-24 and B-25 squadrons preferred to be escorted by the RNZAF as we were better pilots and were disciplined in the sense that we would not all go after the 2-3 Zero fighters on the horizon and while getting fame and glory the 20 or so attack force would arrive and send the bombers too hell, our guy waited for them attacked them make formation shot down a few and made the rest go home. There was only one US unit that did it's job and they were the Red Tails.
And the americans who survived the battle refused to fly with the Eagle squadrons as they sore them as cowboys more interested in adventure, glory and money. But there is no denying that there were some great US pilots in the war from Dolittle to Yager. And by the time Churchill called out to FDR in late 1940 by then there were over 10,000 US troops training in Canada. And one of the few who was a yank wanted revenge as the ship he was going home sunk by a U-boat. And who are the few to you
I (i used my sisters sign in 'ubersis' by mistake) meant our two countries as allies. I'me only 21 but I had family and friends who did fight in the war and just want them to be remembered like you do (and I thank you for it).I don't want to insult you, it's not in my nature, nor to get into fights. There were maney great American hero during the war, fighter aces, nuts who jump't head first into tiger tanks and leaders like Patton Bradley or MacArther. Just Britain was't America's battle
The US have a large population and thus alot of money. In truth they owe everything they have to the British and this is why they seem to begrudge everything the UK do.
Not really. The Luftwaffe didn't have the planes or numbers to defeat Britain or destroy the RAF. Compare the Stukas and Ju 88's of 1940 to e.g. a Superfortress, the kind of heavy bomber you need to seriously attack a nations industrial capacity. Even those did not knock Germany or Japan out of the war. Though it is true that at the time both sides thought the war could be won in the air,
That old British war propaganda myth that Luftwaffe sicnificantly outnumbered RAF is not based on reality, but British people love that myth without reality base. RAF and Luftwaffe were nearly equal what comes number of aircrafts. RAF had good aircraft models and good radar system, which made possible use aircrafts very efectively. Churchill and British war commanders knew that Germany has no change to conquer Britannia protected by RAF, The Royal Navy and coastline defence.
My big fear is that someday Hollywood will remake this movie. We'll be lucky if the British are even mentioned while Brad Pitt saves the day by personally shooting down Hermann Goering. i would however approve of some clever type taking the original and updating it with cg magic.
trex. I saw a great American film about the Battle of Britain. Ben Affleck played the main part of the American hero who flew in the Battle of Britain. He then protected Pearl Harbor. Later he took of from USS Hornet in his B29 and bombed Tokyo. Finally he got a Medal of Honor, the highest ever award in WW2 personally presented by a grateful President Roosevelt. They don't make heroes like this any more. They don't come any better. Three years later Dick Winters came along and saved France.
I would like to know more about the pilot in Pearl Harbor. I am always impressed by a Medal of Honor hero, especially one that flew in the Battle of Britain. the brave American pilots went through so much. They fought for our freedom against the Japanese and the German governments of the time.
Trex. Pearl Harbor, the movie is based on fact. The Dolittle raid did happen - and yes - the MOH was handed out.. THe pilot played by Ben Affleck was probably top secret. I can scarely believe how brave he was - only what you can expect of an American, though.
Why dont you all grow up, trying to take credit for your fathers, grandfathers, or great grandfathers actions. At the end of the day - it doesn't matter if it was USA, Britain or Russia that did it. Its the fact that we all did it together. Alone, we would have been decimated. Together, we defeated our common enemy. Be proud of that. Think of what uniting today could achieve!?
mpainter. When I think of the Battle of Britain, I don't think of any of these people you mention. The ones that come to mind might surprise you. They are Hermann Goering, Hugh Dowding and Keith Park. They were also the main ones in the film.
The Brits won WW2, I have to say the Russians allied us the most then yes the Americans did. But the Brits and Russians did the most, USA please stop taking credit for other peoples work you should be thanking us Brits because you're not German!
Somebody fill me in on a person I think named Lord Beaverbrook who was going around the countryside repairing planes that fighter command did not even know they had anymore. Think he had the resources to help out by finding wrecked planes and bringing them in to get repaired or for parts. I read a book long ago on this and would like some info on it its one of those neat stories.
swanningaround, no serious person claims that Britain didn't receive help from foreign pilots, and that those foreign pilots didn't do a lot to help win the battle. Also last I heard the Scotland is part of the British Ilses. Since the film is called the "Battle of Britain", and not "The Battle of England" most posters don't specifically mention Scotts. No matter how you slice it English towns, cities, and people took the brunt of what the Luftwaffe could through at the British Ilses.
Thank you most of all to the brave pilots from the United States of America who saved Britain in their darkest hour. Also don't forget the New Zealanders like Keith Park (shown in 4:18) and of course the Scots (see 4:14).
the Americans didnt take part in the battle of britain, there were only 7 American pilots in fighter command at the time 1 was killed in august 1940 the rest didnt see any combat!!
please dont sully the memory of the few by suggesting the bloody Americans won it for us
How dare you! Americans gave their lives so that your island could be saved. Only one of these heroes survived the war. You think that only English served in this battle. The top pilot was a Czech. There may have been more English pilots, but a lot of these were incompetents with hardly any flying experience. Many shot down NO planes. England only had 3 of the top 10 air aces. You people owe a lot to the USA, Australia, Poland, Czechoslavakia, NZ and of course SCOTLAND. Don't forget it!
There were a lot more than 7 Americans in the airforce. The Americans did win the war. There have been so many books and films written about the American pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain and saved your ass. God bless America.
thank you very much, you have just reinforced the stereotype of "Stupid, Ignorant American" to suggest that the Americans WON the Battle of Britain is not only laughable its down right insulting, there were some 1500 British pilots credited as having fought in the Battle, we owe them a debt that can never be repayed, the same goes for the volunteers from the commonwealth and occupied countries that helped turn the course of history, not 7 pilots from the US (check the order of battle)
mpainter. I have studied history. The Americans advised the British on tactics. Please do not insult all the Americans who came over to help the British. When people think of the Battle of Britain and The Few, they think of American pilots who fought bravely over the skies. God bless the United States of America and American Citizens everywhere.
Get over yourself pull your head out your ass and look around, in WW2 it is a fact the UK was more powerful than the USA and the war would have been a tsruggle without us brits. We fought in every part of the WW2 map! So dont take credit for the brits doing what they do best, WINNING!
When people think of the Few, they think of men like Bob Doe, Nigel Rose, Ray Holmes, Pete Brothers, Gerald Stapleton, Douglas Bader, they do not think back to 7 Americans who came here un officially and had to lie about thier nationality because of US neutrality do not forget the US didnt enter WW2 til 1941 after the bombing of pearl harbour
another band of brothers fan who has "studied history" the Stephen Ambrose way lol if anyone studies the history of WW2 properly there is no way on earth they would come out with rubbish like this
That is so insulting! That is one of the most retarded things I have ever read. The Few were Fighter Command, all of it, of all nationalities, not just the Americans.
Factoid - at the end of the BoB, RAF fighter Command had many more planes and pilots than it started out with and it significantly outnumbered the Luftwaffe, which was much smaller than it had been at the beginning of the battle. It was not nearly so close as people think.
@wnb65 Not insulting/ Ask Winston Churchill. He was part American. He knew who won the Battle of Britiain. It wasn't just the English. People like the American few, the Poles, leaders like Dowding and Park were the main ones, none of them English.
@EasyCompanyAirborne lmao piss off dude.there were a FEW other pilots from different nations mainly australia and canada which were still the commonwealth countries so even they were still technically british.it was a british a victory and the greatest of ww2,sorry americans cant steal all our history ya no next itl be the americans that delivered the bouncing bomb
@clammy666 They were NOT technically English. There were more many more pilots from both Poland and New Zealand than Canada or Australia. These two countries were in no way English. The main leaders in the Battle of Britain were Brand, a South African, Dowding a Scot and Park a New Zealander. None of these were English. The only English was Mallory, and he got in the way, playing politics and fighting the other three.
Technically no Americans fought in the battle of Britain as they were stripped of their citizenship when they joined the RAF and swore an oath to the King. One was killed (M.L. Fiske) five others were dead within a year and one survived the war. One of the Yanks was only 4 foot 10 inches tall and needed cushions to fly his plane!
I'm afraid England is an awful lot bigger than you may have been led to believe, it's no longer a case of knowing your neighbours etc, as for easycompanyairbourne, i think your assesment maybe correct, do i take it you have some idea on the battle of britain, what are you thoughts on it?
@laupiaslammas. It is part of a quote from Winston Churchill's infamous speech at the beginning of the Battle of Britain, many parts of the voice over are. If you look up the speech in full you'll understant the context in which the words were said. This was a time in which the British Isle faced imminent invasion, I think it'd have been more surprising if the Prime Minister hadn't used language that stirred deep emotion.
God Bless the RAF, the Hurricane, and the Spitfire. God bless Air Marshal Dowding for his guidance durring the battle. Most of all God bless good Ole Winnie, and the British people for refusing to knuckle under to Nazi thugs. From May 1940, till June 1941 Britain did the rest of the worlds job . Thank you Brits!!!
@Grimmest117 With the help of some good friends from the Commonwealth, Poland, Czechoslovakia, France and a yes.....some yanks whom felt duty bound to come over here to do 'their bit'......I really do believe this was Great Britain's finest hour. !!
@Grimmest117 get real...brits dint do ALL that much...the war was lost cause the natziz had a retarded leader doing mistake after mistake! i am very pasionat abouth world history,and let me tell you,it should have been IMPOSIBLE for germany to lose that war,but bad leadership killed them,the RAF was almost finished,they could barely keep defending,until ''good'' ol hitler decided to bomb london instead of finishing the air force(not a nazi faboy just stating a fact)
@Grimmest117 Don't forget methamphetamine. That's the only thing that really kept them going after weeks without sleep. If not for that they'd have collapsed.
u see th eplane take off with all the nazi crosses on ive seen that plane woooo that fought in the real battle and the movie its amazing the nazi crosses are for how many krauts he shot down
I remember going to the theater back in 1969 to see this film with my dad. I bought the DVD a few years ago. Still a very good film even all these years later.
Ditto. I watched it at a birthday party for my ten-year-old mate in 1968, soon after it was released. It remains the most powerful film I ever watched.
na the best bit is when he crashes through the green house after para jumping and the wee kid gives him a smoke and he goes "Thanks awfully old chap" :)
Maggie Thatcher, may her grave long be spat on done what the Luftwaffe failed to do and that was to destrot the will of the British people. Look at the Miners Strike, Militant Tendency, privitisation and not forgetting her farewell present, the poll tax .... re-evaluate your statement
Was it worth it ? I ask myself that question repeatedly ..... at the time it was ..... if we knew then what we knew now, would we have done what we done ... I think so not maybe not now ...
I agree heartily. Sometimes i think that if the soldiers on the beaches at D-Day could see what britain was like now, they would have turned around in disgust.
this is what happens when people mess about with britian back in the good old days, now we let shitty little countries like iran walk all over us, what has it all become....
Some of us were children at the time,,,and lived through this. They were great men! AND THEY STOOD ALONE in 1940,,,with support from the Commonwealth.
No they don't, in some cases they are blown out of all proportion which seeing as British pilots made up the over whelming majority of fighter pilots in the RAF you can see how that might annoy some vets.
the vets ive met really liked and respected the polish pilots,some have even said they helped turn the tide against the luftwaffe.after the battle dowding himself said as much.
What's the name of the music that starts at 1:41?
MrColclough90 1 week ago
THIS MOVIE IS FANTASTIC. TECHNICOLOR RULES! NOT THAT MODERN DAY COLOR THAT MAKES EVERYTHING LOOK GREY. TECHNICOLOR MAKES EVERYTHING LOOK BRIGHT
jordanrb1996 2 months ago
0:16 it was "NEVER WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW"
jordanrb1996 2 months ago
Amazing with all the flying planes looks realistic and has an edge that CGI these days just cant match
skintrade 6 months ago
Douglas Bader and 242 squadron FTW!
KoMmIzZaR98 7 months ago
just got this on blueray. hope its good
Zacharypwns 7 months ago
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@Zacharypwns yes it's a great movie and i have this on blu-ray too
MYBIGKINDHEART 7 months ago
man i miss these types of trailers .
proxyeva 7 months ago
It's amazing how they obtained all accurate planes for this movie , most ww2 flicks had to make due with post war equipment , although I know the bf 109s were Spanish versions , one of my favorite war films
Calburtonreid 8 months ago
@Calburtonreid It's a shame that they only showed 5-6 flying Spitfires, since they managed to gather 12. Of different Marks of course, but they could have shown them in formations at a distance.
YDDES 6 months ago
At one point Britain had 100 fighters against thousands of German fighters, those were dark days
Comando729 8 months ago
We owe a lot to the 303 squadron.
williamkotz 8 months ago
I love the low flying 109's in the begining. When I first saw that scene I was like dam look at that one at 30ft then all of a sudden I see the other one even lower. Guess they took care of the "Lame Ducks". Great movie!
TheBinary000 10 months ago
While it is common knowledge that the Germans gave their ground troops "little pills to keep them going" it is unlikely the RAF issued "little piills to their pilots" While Methamphetimine may keep you from falling asleep, it also has effects that to my knowledge would make piloting a fighter and air combat problematic. I have yet to meet an RAF pilot that admits to taking meth! These men did what they had to do because failure was not an option. Men were made of sterner stuff back then!
Grimmest117 10 months ago
I ask my British friends to please have patience with Americans when they start spouting the " The USA won WWII all bye itself" nonsense". The leftist in the U.S Eductional system decided long ago that they would replace real history with politically correct propaganda about how America sucks. Slavery gets many chapters in our history books, the US Civil War is only mentioned in that context. WWII gets barely a page, unless it's a bunch of hand wringing about nuking the peace loving Japanese.
Grimmest117 10 months ago 2
Dare I say it...The BEST FILM EVER, Well thats my opinion....I try to watch it at least once a month !!
P8290970 11 months ago
I wonder what it would look like in 3-D?
I can't beleave I said that.
TheGroundedAviator 11 months ago
These are the most realistic special effects that I've ever seen.
And they managed to do this in 1969! o.o
Wikingersohn93 1 year ago
@Wikingersohn93 that is probably because they arent special effects *rolls eyes*
in those days if you wanted to film a plane crashing, you crashed a plane, be it a model or a real one
TheCheshireCowboy 8 months ago
the scene at the ambassadors residence is fantastic, the best line being
"Don't threaten or dictate to us until you are marching up Whitehall, even then we won't listen"
just tells you what the Germans were really taking on doesn't it
mpainter22 1 year ago 3
@mpainter22 The last time us Brits were successgully invaded was in 1066 by William the Conqeuror! Hitler and his little minions, sure as hell weren't going to succeed, joining the big list of those who have failed, including Napoleon Bonaparte, The Spanish Armarda etc.
nrjelley 1 year ago 4
@nrjelley the last little corporal who tried it ended being a croper
drafe007 7 months ago
Long live the mighty british pilot!
Spitfirefan1397 1 year ago 2
@Spitfirefan1397 Long live Biggles, Algy and Ginger!!!
Cellogirl1000 1 year ago
If you think it needs a remake, go take a look at the restored version on DVD.
It's called using over 100 real aircraft, not CGI.
1415w 1 year ago
@1415w Yes, about 100 real aircraft were used, but "only" less than 70 actually could fly... And even lesser is seen flying in the finished film. For example, the later Griffon-engined Spitfires are never seen, except maybe at long distance in the mass dogfight scenes. And you never see all 33 "Heinkels" in the air (maybe all were not airworthy, after all).
YDDES 1 year ago
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@YDDES
"Yes, about 100 real aircraft were used, but "only" less than 70 actually could fly.."
Fair enough.
I lived in Folkestone in 1969, wondered about all the planes overhead at the time.
I was five years old. :-)
For all the folks saying the storyline is dorky...
They kick you in the nuts every 20minutes or so.
I mean that scene with Susannah York and the dead WAAF's is perhaps the most shocking thing in cinema history.
1415w 1 year ago
such a good movie..... gee to put on a spit....... that would be great
redryderbbguy 1 year ago
if im a field marshall of the German third reich I will not attack Britain by warplanes ...I'll attack Britain with rockets full of rockets at night and fully guarded by messerschmits....Im sure in a short day Britain will surrender ...
slazzer145 1 year ago
@slazzer145 They weren't ready thank God in 1940, they were still be being developed by those Nazi scientists. If they had em then then things would of been different.
Professor6871 1 year ago
yeah! thank god those skilled pilots held out against those evil bastards
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commentor22 2 years ago
they need to do a remake, with the cgi we have now - it would be fantastic. And make sure it was filled with all the best british actors.
trigga1uk 2 years ago 2
Hell no. This film does not need a remake. Where would you get a cast like the one in the original?
evo5dave 2 years ago 2
@evo5dave Agreed. And, just as importantly, it would be remade nowadays with CGI and bluescreen that would look dated in 5 years.... nowhere near as real as the actual functional aircraft in this movie
ClydeRowing 1 year ago 2
quite a movie, this is!!!
Eshaunleeouards 2 years ago 13
there is one theory that the film explores, had the Nazis not switched their attacks from the airfields to London and the cities, the RAF would have lost the war of attrition. By attacking London and avoiding the airfields, it gave the fighter command chance to regroup, recover their losses and drive off the Luftwaffe
stashyjon 2 years ago
True words these! If Britain had have failed, then so would the rest of the World and indeed, the world would have been plunged into a new dark age!!
GERMANOPHILE 2 years ago 4
GERMANOPHILE
Actually everybody in my coutry hoped Germany´s victory since we allied with it and began plan together Barbarossa, which started 1941. Hitler did not even want to conquer Britannia after France surrendered 1940. Churchill forced Germany to continue war, becouse he refused to make peace with Germany. Churchill knew that Germany can´t conquer Britannia protected by the Royal Navy, coastal defence and RAF which had nearly as many aircrafts as Luftwaffe. So he wanted continue war.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
GO GO GO brits although they were overally defeated by the better tech of the germans and manpower but they still did it wooo
Sigmarthetruthfull 2 years ago
Many people do not understand that German war propaganda movies do not tell truth about real strenght of Germany 1940. Though Germany won Poland´s and France´s army using modern strategies and war tactics, Germany´s army was actually not so strong statistically as many people belive. Germany was not prepared to long war. Hitler did not even want to conquer Britannia, he wanted make peace after France surrendered, perhaps he hoped 1919 lost colonies back. Churchill forced him continue war.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
You are telling me that this "brilliant" strategist didn't envisage Britains preparednes,OR her abilities to defend herself? sir , that is rubbish! he thought in his arogance, that he could defeat us thats why he sent his lufftwafe, thats why he prepared his armada,and thats why he failed!! he underestimated his enemy!!! "Churchill forced him continue war" what rubbish!!! England forced him to continue, cos England would give him NO quarter!! end of!
GERMANOPHILE 2 years ago 2
You are right.
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
the Me 262 was actually far superior to the Spitfire
OPTIMUSVIVE 2 years ago
but the ME-262 jet (the most advanced aircraft of WW2 was still on the drawing board in 1940, it didn't see action til late 1944 and by then it was too late to make any real difference
stashyjon 2 years ago
Incorrect my friend. The 262 was deployed in few numbers from the onset of '42 onwards.
nelsonmars 2 years ago
According to all the sources I can find the first ME262 unit was Erprobungskommando 262 which went operational in April 1944. First reported action was 26 July 1944, when one intercepted an RAF PR mosquito of 540 Squadron. The only ME262's flying in 1942 were the first three prototypes, all unarmed and two were powered by piston engines. Can you give me references to the operational in 1942 claim?
stashyjon 2 years ago 2
Your right!
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
It was being tested at the time, and fucked around with by Hitler.
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
Hay EaseyCompanyAirborne your not the modest type are you and that guy Affleck played was fictional they said it on the DVD extres and there where individual New Zealanders (98 in all) who shot down more aircraft then all the yanks put together but it did take guts for them to go there as it was treason
ubersis 2 years ago
ubersis. Churchill called out for help from the Americans. Men like Billy Fiske responded. Although they were called "the Few", American pilots were able to train those from other parts of the world. After all, the Americans were recognized as being the best pilots in the world - after all, the airplane was an American invention.
EasyCompanyAirborne 2 years ago
Hay mate in the Solomon Islands US
B-24 and B-25 squadrons preferred to be escorted by the RNZAF as we were better pilots and were disciplined in the sense that we would not all go after the 2-3 Zero fighters on the horizon and while getting fame and glory the 20 or so attack force would arrive and send the bombers too hell, our guy waited for them attacked them make formation shot down a few and made the rest go home. There was only one US unit that did it's job and they were the Red Tails.
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
And the americans who survived the battle refused to fly with the Eagle squadrons as they sore them as cowboys more interested in adventure, glory and money. But there is no denying that there were some great US pilots in the war from Dolittle to Yager. And by the time Churchill called out to FDR in late 1940 by then there were over 10,000 US troops training in Canada. And one of the few who was a yank wanted revenge as the ship he was going home sunk by a U-boat. And who are the few to you
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
the 7 yanks or the nearley 3,000 pilots who fought in the battle?
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
You say "we". Were you in the Solomons yourself during WW2?
EasyCompanyAirborne 2 years ago
I (i used my sisters sign in 'ubersis' by mistake) meant our two countries as allies. I'me only 21 but I had family and friends who did fight in the war and just want them to be remembered like you do (and I thank you for it).I don't want to insult you, it's not in my nature, nor to get into fights. There were maney great American hero during the war, fighter aces, nuts who jump't head first into tiger tanks and leaders like Patton Bradley or MacArther. Just Britain was't America's battle
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
battle but a falling giant's last moment and a sleeping one's wake-up call.
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
i wouldnt trust an american with a hoover just look at how many wars they lost they act big but they are useless
samonkey17 2 years ago
The US have a large population and thus alot of money. In truth they owe everything they have to the British and this is why they seem to begrudge everything the UK do.
warriorprince1010 2 years ago
it was a close call thing,this could have went either way.
goldyn12345 2 years ago
Not really. The Luftwaffe didn't have the planes or numbers to defeat Britain or destroy the RAF. Compare the Stukas and Ju 88's of 1940 to e.g. a Superfortress, the kind of heavy bomber you need to seriously attack a nations industrial capacity. Even those did not knock Germany or Japan out of the war. Though it is true that at the time both sides thought the war could be won in the air,
formivore 2 years ago
The Germans and Italians had twice the number of planes that the UK had. The UK had superior pilots and tactics, and this saved the world.
warriorprince1010 2 years ago
in the earley days the uk had bad tatctics
ubersis 2 years ago
The Luftwaffe outnumbered us at least 2 to 1! they lost because of British Air Superiority, end of!!! without any outside help.
GERMANOPHILE 2 years ago
GERMANOPHILE
That old British war propaganda myth that Luftwaffe sicnificantly outnumbered RAF is not based on reality, but British people love that myth without reality base. RAF and Luftwaffe were nearly equal what comes number of aircrafts. RAF had good aircraft models and good radar system, which made possible use aircrafts very efectively. Churchill and British war commanders knew that Germany has no change to conquer Britannia protected by RAF, The Royal Navy and coastline defence.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
My big fear is that someday Hollywood will remake this movie. We'll be lucky if the British are even mentioned while Brad Pitt saves the day by personally shooting down Hermann Goering. i would however approve of some clever type taking the original and updating it with cg magic.
drbollocks1 2 years ago
EasyCompanyAirborne studied history, so he obviously know everything about BOB.
What tactics was it the Americans advised the British on?
And based on what experience was it they advised the British?
Trex1980 2 years ago
trex. I saw a great American film about the Battle of Britain. Ben Affleck played the main part of the American hero who flew in the Battle of Britain. He then protected Pearl Harbor. Later he took of from USS Hornet in his B29 and bombed Tokyo. Finally he got a Medal of Honor, the highest ever award in WW2 personally presented by a grateful President Roosevelt. They don't make heroes like this any more. They don't come any better. Three years later Dick Winters came along and saved France.
EasyCompanyAirborne 2 years ago
Are you talking about the movie Pearl Harbour?
Terrible movie.
Trex1980 2 years ago
I would like to know more about the pilot in Pearl Harbor. I am always impressed by a Medal of Honor hero, especially one that flew in the Battle of Britain. the brave American pilots went through so much. They fought for our freedom against the Japanese and the German governments of the time.
EasyCompanyAirborne 2 years ago
You know the movie Pearl Harbour is fiction right?
Trex1980 2 years ago
Trex. Pearl Harbor, the movie is based on fact. The Dolittle raid did happen - and yes - the MOH was handed out.. THe pilot played by Ben Affleck was probably top secret. I can scarely believe how brave he was - only what you can expect of an American, though.
EasyCompanyAirborne 2 years ago
Why dont you all grow up, trying to take credit for your fathers, grandfathers, or great grandfathers actions. At the end of the day - it doesn't matter if it was USA, Britain or Russia that did it. Its the fact that we all did it together. Alone, we would have been decimated. Together, we defeated our common enemy. Be proud of that. Think of what uniting today could achieve!?
theredmax 2 years ago 4
mpainter. When I think of the Battle of Britain, I don't think of any of these people you mention. The ones that come to mind might surprise you. They are Hermann Goering, Hugh Dowding and Keith Park. They were also the main ones in the film.
EasyCompanyAirborne 3 years ago
The Brits won WW2, I have to say the Russians allied us the most then yes the Americans did. But the Brits and Russians did the most, USA please stop taking credit for other peoples work you should be thanking us Brits because you're not German!
hurro67 3 years ago 3
Somebody fill me in on a person I think named Lord Beaverbrook who was going around the countryside repairing planes that fighter command did not even know they had anymore. Think he had the resources to help out by finding wrecked planes and bringing them in to get repaired or for parts. I read a book long ago on this and would like some info on it its one of those neat stories.
atom2009 3 years ago
swanningaround, no serious person claims that Britain didn't receive help from foreign pilots, and that those foreign pilots didn't do a lot to help win the battle. Also last I heard the Scotland is part of the British Ilses. Since the film is called the "Battle of Britain", and not "The Battle of England" most posters don't specifically mention Scotts. No matter how you slice it English towns, cities, and people took the brunt of what the Luftwaffe could through at the British Ilses.
Grimmest117 3 years ago
Laurence Olivier was totaly better than James Mason was
92af 3 years ago
Make this movie on todays technoligy please!! best aviator movie ever made!
Dr4gondice 3 years ago
Thank you most of all to the brave pilots from the United States of America who saved Britain in their darkest hour. Also don't forget the New Zealanders like Keith Park (shown in 4:18) and of course the Scots (see 4:14).
swanningaround 3 years ago
o shut the fuck up russia is going to pwn you soon
bates1347 3 years ago
Russia? Where do you get this info from. The UK has always hated Russian anyway.
swanningaround 3 years ago
the Americans didnt take part in the battle of britain, there were only 7 American pilots in fighter command at the time 1 was killed in august 1940 the rest didnt see any combat!!
please dont sully the memory of the few by suggesting the bloody Americans won it for us
mpainter22 3 years ago
How dare you! Americans gave their lives so that your island could be saved. Only one of these heroes survived the war. You think that only English served in this battle. The top pilot was a Czech. There may have been more English pilots, but a lot of these were incompetents with hardly any flying experience. Many shot down NO planes. England only had 3 of the top 10 air aces. You people owe a lot to the USA, Australia, Poland, Czechoslavakia, NZ and of course SCOTLAND. Don't forget it!
swanningaround 3 years ago
There were a lot more than 7 Americans in the airforce. The Americans did win the war. There have been so many books and films written about the American pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain and saved your ass. God bless America.
EasyCompanyAirborne 3 years ago
thank you very much, you have just reinforced the stereotype of "Stupid, Ignorant American" to suggest that the Americans WON the Battle of Britain is not only laughable its down right insulting, there were some 1500 British pilots credited as having fought in the Battle, we owe them a debt that can never be repayed, the same goes for the volunteers from the commonwealth and occupied countries that helped turn the course of history, not 7 pilots from the US (check the order of battle)
mpainter22 3 years ago 2
Iam American and your right its insulting to me that he read some books I've never heard of.
atom2009 3 years ago
i'm not totally sure of what you mean by that comment, could you please elaborate for me
mpainter22 3 years ago
mpainter. I have studied history. The Americans advised the British on tactics. Please do not insult all the Americans who came over to help the British. When people think of the Battle of Britain and The Few, they think of American pilots who fought bravely over the skies. God bless the United States of America and American Citizens everywhere.
EasyCompanyAirborne 3 years ago
Get over yourself pull your head out your ass and look around, in WW2 it is a fact the UK was more powerful than the USA and the war would have been a tsruggle without us brits. We fought in every part of the WW2 map! So dont take credit for the brits doing what they do best, WINNING!
hurro67 3 years ago 2
When people think of the Few, they think of men like Bob Doe, Nigel Rose, Ray Holmes, Pete Brothers, Gerald Stapleton, Douglas Bader, they do not think back to 7 Americans who came here un officially and had to lie about thier nationality because of US neutrality do not forget the US didnt enter WW2 til 1941 after the bombing of pearl harbour
mpainter22 3 years ago
another band of brothers fan who has "studied history" the Stephen Ambrose way lol if anyone studies the history of WW2 properly there is no way on earth they would come out with rubbish like this
andycfc71 2 years ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne
That is so insulting! That is one of the most retarded things I have ever read. The Few were Fighter Command, all of it, of all nationalities, not just the Americans.
Factoid - at the end of the BoB, RAF fighter Command had many more planes and pilots than it started out with and it significantly outnumbered the Luftwaffe, which was much smaller than it had been at the beginning of the battle. It was not nearly so close as people think.
wnb65 8 months ago
@wnb65 Not insulting/ Ask Winston Churchill. He was part American. He knew who won the Battle of Britiain. It wasn't just the English. People like the American few, the Poles, leaders like Dowding and Park were the main ones, none of them English.
EasyCompanyAirborne 6 months ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne ah feck off wud u
10inglo10 6 months ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne lmao piss off dude.there were a FEW other pilots from different nations mainly australia and canada which were still the commonwealth countries so even they were still technically british.it was a british a victory and the greatest of ww2,sorry americans cant steal all our history ya no next itl be the americans that delivered the bouncing bomb
clammy666 6 months ago
@clammy666 They were NOT technically English. There were more many more pilots from both Poland and New Zealand than Canada or Australia. These two countries were in no way English. The main leaders in the Battle of Britain were Brand, a South African, Dowding a Scot and Park a New Zealander. None of these were English. The only English was Mallory, and he got in the way, playing politics and fighting the other three.
EasyCompanyAirborne 6 months ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne
And your point is?.
I care not. I care that, despite the disparate dispositions of the individuals involved, they all did their duty. They prevailed.
Despite dreadful difficulties Whatever their circumstance.
They did their duty.
That is all.
twinstu50 1 month ago
@clammy666
One should, when stirred to patriotic fervour, refrain from alcholic indulgence.
So many times, (well, not really), I'm guilty of this sin, of replying in an inebriated stupor.
Not now, not here.
What the hell!.
Kid.
Look up 'Eagle Squadrons' in the RAAF.
After reading, if you are a Man, you must surely walk away humbled.
Those Americans, those bloody brave Americans, by their gallantry in airborne battle, writ large themselves, and their countrymen, them.
twinstu50 1 month ago
Technically no Americans fought in the battle of Britain as they were stripped of their citizenship when they joined the RAF and swore an oath to the King. One was killed (M.L. Fiske) five others were dead within a year and one survived the war. One of the Yanks was only 4 foot 10 inches tall and needed cushions to fly his plane!
JonnyHologram 2 years ago
There were only 7. Iam American and I know that and the Polish pilots helped more than the few Americans. Very few Americans.
atom2009 3 years ago
I'm afraid England is an awful lot bigger than you may have been led to believe, it's no longer a case of knowing your neighbours etc, as for easycompanyairbourne, i think your assesment maybe correct, do i take it you have some idea on the battle of britain, what are you thoughts on it?
mpainter22 3 years ago
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ubersis 2 years ago
to dark age... wtf is this allied propaganda?
laupiaslammas 3 years ago 3
LMAO! i think so....
Tattooedromeo 3 years ago
@laupiaslammas. It is part of a quote from Winston Churchill's infamous speech at the beginning of the Battle of Britain, many parts of the voice over are. If you look up the speech in full you'll understant the context in which the words were said. This was a time in which the British Isle faced imminent invasion, I think it'd have been more surprising if the Prime Minister hadn't used language that stirred deep emotion.
pete2778 1 year ago
Britain fought like a lion! Im American but this maks me very proud of you!And if I see a Spitfire or Hurricane at an airshow I start crying!
irishoforiel 3 years ago
God Bless the RAF, the Hurricane, and the Spitfire. God bless Air Marshal Dowding for his guidance durring the battle. Most of all God bless good Ole Winnie, and the British people for refusing to knuckle under to Nazi thugs. From May 1940, till June 1941 Britain did the rest of the worlds job . Thank you Brits!!!
A Yank
Grimmest117 3 years ago 21
thanks alot m8 , its nice to know that some americans do apreciate the effort that england put into the war effort ! :)
god bless the us-uk alliance
firefab3 3 years ago
God Bless the Biggles1940!
ICLS 3 years ago
Thanks for that wonderful anecdote Grimmest117
and firefab3.. it's better to say Great Britain rather than just England.
God bless the US-UK alliance!
adamskiyo 3 years ago
grim. What about Keith Park? Only the English think they did everything.
swanningaround 3 years ago
@Grimmest117 And my I add; God bless the Brits for standing with us in this; another war against a new dark age.
josephonwhidbey 1 year ago 3
@Grimmest117 With the help of some good friends from the Commonwealth, Poland, Czechoslovakia, France and a yes.....some yanks whom felt duty bound to come over here to do 'their bit'......I really do believe this was Great Britain's finest hour. !!
P8290970 1 year ago 2
@Grimmest117 get real...brits dint do ALL that much...the war was lost cause the natziz had a retarded leader doing mistake after mistake! i am very pasionat abouth world history,and let me tell you,it should have been IMPOSIBLE for germany to lose that war,but bad leadership killed them,the RAF was almost finished,they could barely keep defending,until ''good'' ol hitler decided to bomb london instead of finishing the air force(not a nazi faboy just stating a fact)
deenman23 11 months ago
@Grimmest117 Don't forget methamphetamine. That's the only thing that really kept them going after weeks without sleep. If not for that they'd have collapsed.
baronofcheese 10 months ago
The best movie made about the air war to date.
BoNidle3863 3 years ago
u see th eplane take off with all the nazi crosses on ive seen that plane woooo that fought in the real battle and the movie its amazing the nazi crosses are for how many krauts he shot down
domrockape 3 years ago
I remember going to the theater back in 1969 to see this film with my dad. I bought the DVD a few years ago. Still a very good film even all these years later.
elroto 3 years ago
Ditto. I watched it at a birthday party for my ten-year-old mate in 1968, soon after it was released. It remains the most powerful film I ever watched.
hardakml 3 years ago
That's all the good bits.
RCBPearce 3 years ago
na the best bit is when he crashes through the green house after para jumping and the wee kid gives him a smoke and he goes "Thanks awfully old chap" :)
Bilsabob 3 years ago 3
Maggie put the Great back in front of Britain. John Major and Labour took it out again.
ogukuo72 3 years ago
Maggie Thatcher, may her grave long be spat on done what the Luftwaffe failed to do and that was to destrot the will of the British people. Look at the Miners Strike, Militant Tendency, privitisation and not forgetting her farewell present, the poll tax .... re-evaluate your statement
DrTosca 2 years ago 2
DrTosca, I couldnt agree more. Young men and women lived through hell to keep us british. Sadly, things have demised since.
StewRoberts 3 years ago
Was it worth it ? I ask myself that question repeatedly ..... at the time it was ..... if we knew then what we knew now, would we have done what we done ... I think so not maybe not now ...
DrTosca 2 years ago
so you would hav been content under the nazi regime?
linkinparkchris1 2 years ago
When you seee the film it makes you proud to be British .... but when you see the state of the UK it makes you wonder whether it was worth it.
DrTosca 3 years ago 2
I agree heartily. Sometimes i think that if the soldiers on the beaches at D-Day could see what britain was like now, they would have turned around in disgust.
FraserTheMentalist 3 years ago 3
so true!
taylor5788 3 years ago
This is an excellent film!And I absolutly love the Supermarine Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane!And the Messerschmitt ME-109 too!
irishoforiel 4 years ago 3
Yeah brilliant, great to see the Spitfires in this film. Olivier was class in this.
jratt2 4 years ago 3
this is what happens when people mess about with britian back in the good old days, now we let shitty little countries like iran walk all over us, what has it all become....
hoppuss44 4 years ago 2
Some of us were children at the time,,,and lived through this. They were great men! AND THEY STOOD ALONE in 1940,,,with support from the Commonwealth.
Ivanhoe2 4 years ago
and the polish and czech fighter pilots which always seem to get overlooked.
goldyn1234 4 years ago
No they don't, in some cases they are blown out of all proportion which seeing as British pilots made up the over whelming majority of fighter pilots in the RAF you can see how that might annoy some vets.
Talbot6832 4 years ago
the vets ive met really liked and respected the polish pilots,some have even said they helped turn the tide against the luftwaffe.after the battle dowding himself said as much.
goldyn12345 4 years ago