World At War: Alone 4 of 6

[Jeanne90275]

Actually, the U.S. broke neutrality with "Lend-Lease,",

but that didn't start until March 1941. I'd forgotten how

good this series was...absolutely first rate. Thanks

for posting.

[gortmundy01]

Everyone knows it was Ben Affleck that won the Battle of Britain. I saw it on the screen in that God-awful movie Pearl Harbour (and if I could sue him for those two hours or so of my life back I would).

[liampw20]

aawww corr blimey guv'nor fackin krauts bombed my harse lol shitty cockneys

[daevilbunny]

They were all part of Great Britain

[OneWorldHistory]

To those below saying no Americans were in the Battle of Britain:

Of the 2353 pilots who flew at least one operational sortie between July 10 and Oct. 31, three were Americans.

P.H. Leckrone -killed in action

A. Mamedoff -died in service

E.Q. Tobin -killed in action

The RAF used any experienced pilot they could get. Czechs, Poles, even one Palestinian. Their loses were high.

[teslagod2003]

@OneWorldHistory prolly americans who are at britain that time,coz if US indeed threw some troops to aid the brits during their nuetrality,it just simply means that they just broke their own law and defied their own neutrality...

but who cares anyway,history is written by winners and no matter what the winners do,it'll be the "right thing"...

tsk,tsk,tsk...

[Lachausis]

@teslagod2003 Volunteers did not mean breaking of neutrality

[teslagod2003]

@Lachausis do u really understood what i said?tsk...

[Lachausis]

@teslagod2003 Yes! If citizens of a neutral country volunteer for duty in foreign armies during a war, then the neutrality of the particular country will not be broken. That's why the Nazis made "volunteer" SS divisions in occupied Baltic states, but practically most of the members of those divisions were conscripted by force. It was against international law to conscript soldiers from occupied territories. Those Americans volunteered for service in UK, thus UK was responsible for them, not USA.

[JZracecolor]

00000Dean00000

Substantiating the clai that the "Eagles became active after the actual "BOB"

[LcoolJfiveoh]

lol i luv the British

[alexa00911]

cuckoo.......I wonder if Swiss clocks were popular during the blitz?

[amstadhg]

love listening to the people in the pub in this clip

[QPhilms]

The human spirit is wonderful.

Berlin, Tokyo, London, Dresden, St. Petersburg...etc etc.

My grandfather was a fire marshal in Birmingham (for those that dont know, it is a huge industrial city in England) during the war and life goes on he would always tell me. Forget about politics, war and the people who create misery...

People laugh, love and dance through it all.

[TheEmpressMaeLi]

Except in the US where we would all turn on each other for the upper hand in anything we could get

[Shangas]

Reeeeeeeeeee!...Jeeze...All those air-raid sirens would drive you cuckoo after too long...

[sweetpete420]

also, don't forget the Dominion pilots from Canada and Australia

[FordPrefect23]

I thought the Dominion came from the gamma quadrant? :P

[pix042]

The thirteen colonies would have become a dominion if a bunch of traitors led by George Washington had not insulted the King by forming a new country called USA. Then you would have known what a dominion is.

[jetdave03]

There were many NZ pilots too ;)

[delrioa]

thanks for the video!!!

[tinternet66]

Could you see that now in the under ground it be like delli market. Very sad really.

[chosin22]

I'm English. Let's also not forget the Americans who volunteered for the RAF long before their country declared war.

[00000Dean00000]

No Americans took part in the Battle of Britain. "Eagle Squadron" joined the RAF after the battle of Britain.

[chosin22]

Americans were everywhere in the late thirties, early forties, many of them veterans of the Spanish Civil War's International Brigade. Do you actually know for a fact that NO Americans took part in the Battle Of Britain?

[00000Dean00000]

Yes, it is well documented. The biggest foriegn help in the Battle of Britain was the poles.

A full list of pilots is given on the Ministry of Defence's website. There were Canadians involved but nobody from the United states.

In the Battle of Britain, 2353 pilotswere from Great Britain and 574 from overseas.

Would you like the link?

[teslagod2003]

@chosin22 u dont know history?you better start studying,before you ate everything you say...

[chosin22]

@teslagod2003 I'm not sure what you're talking about. What words am I going to eat? I'm simply trying to establish whether Yanks flew for the RAF. And I'll take OneWorldHistory's answer as definitive. Unless you know better.......

[teslagod2003]

@chosin22 what i know is that laws were made to create discipline and order,if the laws are broken and no definite action is done,then better to just burn that law...

tsk,tsk,tsk...

[PoliticalPars]

@chosin22 I know a Yank who served elsewhere in the Navy; and was later transferred to the US Navy.

[mscofield82]

damoosebelly u r a legend mate

incredible post for the series!

[banxafe]

the royal air force, truly legends!

[DutchDanimal]

Pleace don't forget the foreign contributions. The Polish pilots statistically proved to be the most succesful

[straker454]

An amazing TV serie...no wait, never mind, someone already beat me to it...drats!

[sasabe121]

An amazing comment. I saw it, here in all of these videos.