I think every American who thinks that "America saved Britains ass in dubya dubya two" should watch this and realise that it was the grossly outnumbered Royal Air Force and it's few pilots that saved Britain's ass =)
....and they did it well over a whole year BEFORE America joined the war!
@runningcockroach - Granted, but that still doesn't mean you "Saved our ass". You just helped us out. America played no part in Britains defence during the Battle of Britain.
@englishguy2010 true. i dont know why people say that either, we didnt save the UK. But we did wipe up the western front after we stopped island hopping in the pacific. Our bomber runs were superior.
@hunterathome - Only seven Americans took part in the Battle of Britain. That's hardly 'saving our ass'. The U.S military and government did FUCK ALL to help us when the Nazis were trying to invade (aside from loaning us guns and food....which we had to pay the bill for).
This is truly an epic war movie. So many war movies today rely on CGI, these are original aircraft (although I believe the Heinkels were borrowed from the Spanish Airforce).
23 scumbags dislike what was a superb film depicting the the most heroic act of defense ever. i am humbled by those men who are downright heros and should never be forgotten. ship these 23 wankers and anyone else who dislikes this off to an island and have a spitfire shoot at them for fun.
@cheekyboy37 When I discover how the Germans were stopped at the shores of Britain and at the gates of Moscow, I am always amazed at how just everything seemed to work out perfectly. I have a firm belief there was a divine hand in it, and whenever I study it I can't help but think of that verse: "Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed" (Job 38:11).
@HenryvKeiper Hey heroes, Nationalism, self-determination, & sovereignty died in 1945! You Brits were fooled into fighting a war for the establishment of a "McWorld". Churchill rebuffed Hitler's numerous attempts to end the fighting w/ Britain, & even offered to step down as head of state. Churchill would not hear it & insisted on waging catastrophic war. Sure, in the end you Brits can claim victory, but victory cost you your empire, sole superpower status, & it left you bankrupt.
@HenryvKeiper Of course you are, yanks are the most misinformed people on earth. I should know, because I'm a yank. Nearly everything you accept as a given truth is a lie that is used to enslave you. You don't know this because "the ultimate control is controlling someone w/o their knowledge".
@Wehrwolf2012 But how do you know that the idea that said given truth is a lie used to enslave you is not, in fact, a given truth that is a lie used to enslave you? Oh noes, up is down, left is right :( *implodes!*
@micklad11 I don't know if you've seen the entire film, but he actually gets put down by his commanding officer for that - so your comment is fairly accurate :)
@HenryvKeiper I have watched the whole film plenty of times , it is really the only older ww2 film i like and have seen loads of documentaries on the battle as well .
I've recently seen a documentary where a RAF vet said the 303 British machine gun was useless and described it as a peashooter compared to the ME109's 20mm cannon,bafflled how we inflicted so much damage on the Luftwaffe
@southlondon63 Apparently the Mk IIb variant with 2 x 20mm hispano cannon came into service in September 1940. The RAF must have fought most of the the battle with the 8 x.303's. wow.
@southlondon63 probably sheer number of guns. 8 deer rifles shooting at something will eventually make it break. everything after the first spits and hawks had cannons at least.
@Trashcansam123 I presume it's the name of the plane. You know, kinda like "Tomato Heinz to squadron, it's 3 minutes to target" or something like that.
Forgot to mention that he was a Night Fighter pilot, shooting down British bombers. Actually, he shot down 57 aircraft at night and 15 during the day, flying conventional fighters. Was flying Bf109s and FW190s, during the day. I think that they shot down a few Spitfires, sir!
The Bf110 did well as a night fighter. My cousin Wilhelm flew them, along with the fighter version of the JU88 and he was quite successful (72 kills/57 at night).
did he shoot em while they were on the ground because no fuckin ju88 or bf110 would have lived with any spitfire, happen he just dreamt he shot down 72 planes eh hahaha
This was reprensenting LuftFlotte 5 coming from Norway. Only the Me-110 could reach the UK from there and it sucked when fighting a true fighter. Goerings Zerstorer concept fell flat on it's facethere.
As the Bf109's only has 10 minutes over London it it a wonder the Germans didn't think of using drop tanks. After all the Mustang and Lightnings couldn't have reached Berlin or stayed to too long over Germany without them. It's not as though they were a new idea.
Funny how the RAF and USAAF didn't think of the idea sooner themselves either. Bomber command of the RAF suffered so much in the day raids they only did night raids, and the American B17's and B24's suffered tremendous losses in 1943. The BlackThursday in October 1943 is an example.
Also, nazi Germany needed all the fuel they could possibly spare for the 1941 invasion of the USSR. In fact Hitler admitted to Mannerheim in '42 that without the Romanian oil fields there'd be no invasion
These were heinkel squadrons coming from Norway to attack scotland and the industrial midlands. The Germans assumed that spitfire squadrons were concentrated in the south. They were wrong.
The german pilots were good but unlike the british they didnt have good leadership which may have been why they lost.britain also had good radar and communication
The Germans lost so many Heinkles over there English targets due to no cover . The BF109 lacked range.Goring new of this issue yet nothing was done .The Heinkel He112 should have been allowed to mass produce, its range superior by far ,yet it was scrapped.So the English simply waited for the bf109 escorts to leave the Heinkles then attack.The English flatter themselves , the reality is that ,had the Germans a longer ranged fighter things would have been different.
@barbenH That right yeah - the Bf109s have 10 minutes over Britain so according to books about German aircraft. By the time the fighting in N. Africa started, the Bf109 was much improvised having extra fuel tanks under the aircraft.
Later in the war both sides improved their aircraft - The Yanks have a fighter plane that can fly longer called the Mustangs which was used to protect bombers - We Brits have similar aircraft.
@DavBlc7 The introduction of the P51 into the European theatre was a hugh trump card for the Allies. Longer range & able to protect Allied Bombers into Germany .Germany had no answer to the American conveyor belt, that kept on producing whilst German resources dwindled.The English had nothing to match the durable P51 there contribution through out the war was basically a supporting role.The Soviets & Americans were by far the greatest contributors to the war effort .
I think you will find later in ww2 the p51 fighter had a rolls royce merlin in it out of the british spitfire to gain greater range over germany and protect bombers
@michaelstarwars45 The D series Mustang had the Packard engine , more or less a Merlin, built in the States though.If a Mustang was shot down , then in my opinion ,it was the inexperience of the Pilot; the complete fighter plane of its era.The Mustangs range was helped by the use of drop tanks.
@barbenH who had the biggest navy in the world at the time? prick BRITIAN thats who, if we lost the battle of britian no D-Day, no liberaton of weston europe, germany would have had more time to invade russia before the winter sets in and could have easily reached moscow before december, end of the easten war Germany wins, you fucking ignorant yank, yeah you keep telling yourself England had a supporting role in WW2.
@cpj93070 I am a New Zealander not a "Yank"! You really need to read up on the history of the war, especially the Western front. I have , for the past 30 years.Your foul language suggests you are of lower intelligence,perhaps single digit IQ?
@barbenH oh so now you agree britian didnt have a backseat in the war you joined the war because we did your part of the BRITISH EMPIRE, PRICK you desend from us so do learn up on your history dude.
@cpj93070 What part of shit hole UK do you live in? Are all poms blow-arses? You eeeeeee-bahhhhh gumm lad! So what broken english dialect do you speak?Your profile picture suggests that you are half Pakistani,Did your Mum like it black? The English were NOTHING in WW2 ; The mighty Russians were the biggest contributors followed by the USA.
@barbenH U FUCKING COCKSUCKING FAGGOT, go shag a sheep you Kiwi fucking twat, thats all you new zealenders do lol shag sheep all day long look how big your countr'y is twat WE OWN YOU BITCH bow down before us motherfucker, we were up there with russia and the fat yanks so shut the fuck up asshole lol.
@cpj93070 Cant handle it eh little boy!Do you dribble on your boy friends back to fake a orgasim? Did you sleep in and miss summer? I`ve been to the UK what a stinking filthy place.Terrible weather ,pale people & lots of Pakistanis; your family.
@barbenH your lot are fucking sheep shaggers you mom is a sheep you fucking mong we can wipe your country off the map bitch how do you like that? ill fucking watch you eat your own shit while i fuck your mom and your sister,i can be childish to motherfucker lol
@barbenH ha repeating the same shit over again you dumb fucking kiwi go suck on a rats bollcoks bitch, your a fucking polac so go take your cheries and pluto tits and go and shag your nana and your squinty eyes you sansanhag mosquito cock lol.
The real issue the British pilots had was the Browining .303 guns all eight when fired only caused severe damage when the target was realy close , they only had 10 seconds or so of button pressing then they were out of ammo. The German escort fighters had cannons and could shoot at longer distances, but theire flying / battle time was short lived due to fuel they carried.
British pilots were new bies , only a few were experienced and battle training was very short indeed .
@AwesomeSauce64 Read A British Book called Fighter by Day, he was the main quartermaster for Brits, very clearly, the Brits lost 1680 Spitifres and Hurricans and Germans only lost 120 ME 109, that's sad, considering 10-15 min fight time and 60 % of those ran out of gas, luckily it was poor leadership by that idiot gorpig, but the Americans and Brits suffered the same in the beginning also, but not for entire war. it took 7000 rounds to down a Heinkel 5 -20 rounds to drop any allied heavy
@MrBritdog2 You are talking absolute rubbish, this is concerning the Battle of Britain. How did the Brits lose when the whole strategy was to stop German invasion, the Germans had far more aircraft yet failed in their mission. Quite clearly the RAF were victors. No point mentioning America, they only had 9 Battle of Britain pilots, we are far more thankful to the Poles, Czechs and Commonwealth allies.
People don't half talk some crap on here just because they have read one book!
@celticthunder10 someone gets shot in the face and it looks a heck of a lot like red paint. There are really fake sound effects. I dont think the film was made to be realistic, somehow
Wikipedia: 15 August was "The Greatest Day" when the Luftwaffe mounted the largest number of sorties of the campaign. Luftflotte 5 attacked the north of England. Believing Fighter Command strength to be concentrated in the south, raiding forces from Denmark and Norway ran into unexpectedly strong resistance. Inadequately escorted by Bf 110s, bombers were shot down in large numbers. As a result of the casualties, Luftflotte 5 did not appear in strength again in the campaign.
This was Luftflotte 5 flying from bases in Norway, they actually did have a fighter escort of Me110's with their rear gunner removed to save on weight, which was a fatal mistake.
Excellent video this film was a true testament to the sacrifices made by many young men on both sides of the conflict. As much as hollywood would like to portray that Ben Affleck won the BOB single handed historical fact shows us otherwise. It takes a lot of courage to face the things those young men faced everyday and I for one will always have respect for them after all they gave their tomorrow so that we could have our day and stopped the world falling under the whim of a mad man.
it would be obvious that the Heinkel He111 without fighter protection would be an easy target to fighter planes such as Spitfire & Hurricane. Any bomber would have a hard time, even the B-17 equipped with 12-17 50 cal machine guns for protection suffered tremendous losses during their missions over Germany since the fighters at that time can't escort all the way. That changed when P-51 Mustang became operational. This was what the Luftwaffe lacked also, a fighter that could escort all the way.
In hindsight, the bombers should have approached the objective below radar coverage and departed high and fast, taking advantage of the Spitfire's (Hurricanes, more likely) short range.
@Ismalith Um...dude? Have you SEEN the movie? It portrays LOTS of Brits dying. At one point it even shows that the British almost lost the war because of their losses. You're making a broadbrush statement and basing it off a four minute scene, which simply makes you look ignorant.
@steffankim In the case of there being no fighter escort, and given the bombers are Heinkel He111s which were obsolete even during the battle, plus the fact that its portrayed as a surprise attack...actually the chances were pretty reasonable that the spitfires wouldn't have sustained any casualties in reality. With a load of Bf109s swarming around of course things would have been different...
In one of the northern raids (which this scene portrays) the RAF suffered virtually NO losses against the Luftwaffe, who'd flown from Norway with inadequate fighter escort. Look it up.
@VeeGlo Umm, look it up. The Norwegian bomber raid depicted in the film had fighter escort in real life - Messerschmitt Bf110Ds. But, because they couldn't get a flying '110 (and weren't going to use models), the film company did without them.
@Ismalith Oh do pay attention, please! A lot of Nazi Heinkel 111/Messerschmidt 110 light bombers tried to attack Northern England without any fighter escort. They were massacred by several squadrons of spitfires/hurricanes. Any questions?
@Ismalith your saying its a stupid message that a spitfire didnt get shot down when they could reach speeds of around 362 mph and were designed for dog fights against a bomber which sole purpose was to bomb and not to take on high speed fighters.
@Ismalith The He-111s in the video would have been flying from Norway. The Germans didn't have any 109s there though. The 109 only had enough fuel for about 30 minutes over London, the northern raids were well beyond their range. In reality the bombers would have been escorted by Bf-110s, but there weren't any 110s flyable at the time or now for that matter
@Ismalith designed by north american aviation, not hawker, not supermarine, not dehaviland, NORTH AMERICAN, flown by american pilots, firing browning .50 cal guns
@packr72 The Mustang was used by the RAF, RCAF, RAAF and the RNZAF to name but a handful, so not just American pilots. Yes it was designed by North American Aviation, but it was designed to meet an RAF specification, not an American one
@packr72 Most of the merlin engined Mustangs used the licensed built version of the Rolls-Royce product from the Packard Motor Co. Before the end of WW2, Packard reengineered and improved the Merlin and ended up supplying engines back to Britain for use a/c like the Lancaster.
Thumbs up who gets a lump in their throat when the theme music starts!!!
The Heinkels going on to the North Sea was done by Radio Controlled models. They had to insert the shot of bullets hitting the cables to give a reason for the R/C antennae protruding out the back in a long shot.
@hunterathome - Oh...and 'Lend lease' was from 1941 - 1945.
We fought off the Germans without U.S help....in 1940. A year BEFORE 'lend lease.
englishguy2010 2 days ago
the movie has cheesy effects and explosions but the real plane action is just awesome. u wont ever see that again, this would all be CGI today.
runningcockroach 5 days ago
WHY OH WHY did the nazis try to gain air superiority with heinkels......
hey i know, we need to clear the skies for a tank invasion, lets send in bombers to CLEAR THE SKIES!
runningcockroach 6 days ago
"SHPITFOYAR!"
englishguy2010 1 month ago
At 1:53, the air gunners flask of 'Tomato Heinz' explodes!
englishguy2010 1 month ago
I think every American who thinks that "America saved Britains ass in dubya dubya two" should watch this and realise that it was the grossly outnumbered Royal Air Force and it's few pilots that saved Britain's ass =)
....and they did it well over a whole year BEFORE America joined the war!
englishguy2010 1 month ago
@englishguy2010 yes, but not a year before our massive material contributions to the UK's war effort
runningcockroach 5 days ago
@runningcockroach - Granted, but that still doesn't mean you "Saved our ass". You just helped us out. America played no part in Britains defence during the Battle of Britain.
englishguy2010 5 days ago
@englishguy2010 true. i dont know why people say that either, we didnt save the UK. But we did wipe up the western front after we stopped island hopping in the pacific. Our bomber runs were superior.
runningcockroach 4 days ago
@englishguy2010 Except for Eagle pilots, and Lend-Lease P-40's, P-400's, P-36's, fuel, & food, etc
hunterathome 2 days ago
@hunterathome - Only seven Americans took part in the Battle of Britain. That's hardly 'saving our ass'. The U.S military and government did FUCK ALL to help us when the Nazis were trying to invade (aside from loaning us guns and food....which we had to pay the bill for).
englishguy2010 2 days ago
@hunterathome - Plus, the RAF fought the Battle of Britain with British made aircraft - not P-40's, P-400's, P-36's and fuel. :)
englishguy2010 2 days ago
@runningcockroach - Lend-Lease was from 1941 - 1945
1940 is a year before that
englishguy2010 2 days ago
Love this movie. Great scene. One of the best War films Ever. I think every Brit should know the spitfire. :)
Frserthegreenengine 1 month ago
A truly rousing movie, great score
skintrade 1 month ago 2
This is truly an epic war movie. So many war movies today rely on CGI, these are original aircraft (although I believe the Heinkels were borrowed from the Spanish Airforce).
MrDavkoz 1 month ago
This is by far my favourite scene from any movie, has been ever since I first saw it as a kid.
rossmum 1 month ago
23 scumbags dislike what was a superb film depicting the the most heroic act of defense ever. i am humbled by those men who are downright heros and should never be forgotten. ship these 23 wankers and anyone else who dislikes this off to an island and have a spitfire shoot at them for fun.
TheRatedRSuperstar66 1 month ago
1:52 My favorite part.
Trashcansam123 1 month ago
0:54 oh shit..
ThisNameWasntUs3d 2 months ago
Break it off. Home and tea
AdrianDotis 3 months ago
We're an island race, we're born to fight. We stood alone in 1940, lead by the greatest leader ever born. True heroes of a bygone age.
cheekyboy37 3 months ago 7
@cheekyboy37 When I discover how the Germans were stopped at the shores of Britain and at the gates of Moscow, I am always amazed at how just everything seemed to work out perfectly. I have a firm belief there was a divine hand in it, and whenever I study it I can't help but think of that verse: "Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed" (Job 38:11).
HenryvKeiper 3 months ago
@HenryvKeiper Hey heroes, Nationalism, self-determination, & sovereignty died in 1945! You Brits were fooled into fighting a war for the establishment of a "McWorld". Churchill rebuffed Hitler's numerous attempts to end the fighting w/ Britain, & even offered to step down as head of state. Churchill would not hear it & insisted on waging catastrophic war. Sure, in the end you Brits can claim victory, but victory cost you your empire, sole superpower status, & it left you bankrupt.
Wehrwolf2012 1 month ago
@Wehrwolf2012 I'm not a Brit, yo, I'm a Yank.
HenryvKeiper 1 month ago
@HenryvKeiper Of course you are, yanks are the most misinformed people on earth. I should know, because I'm a yank. Nearly everything you accept as a given truth is a lie that is used to enslave you. You don't know this because "the ultimate control is controlling someone w/o their knowledge".
Wehrwolf2012 1 month ago
@Wehrwolf2012 But how do you know that the idea that said given truth is a lie used to enslave you is not, in fact, a given truth that is a lie used to enslave you? Oh noes, up is down, left is right :( *implodes!*
HenryvKeiper 1 month ago
@cheekyboy37 the story of the few who defended this island nation and ultimately the free world
neworder84 2 months ago
@cheekyboy37 i would be more impressed if u did it alone and not with our american toys fuel and metal
runningcockroach 6 days ago
How ironic his callsign is "Tomato eins" and........well.....1:53 explains it
TalonMercenary 3 months ago
@TalonMercenary LOL, tomato eins alright, all on his face!
QuickNick180 3 months ago
"help yourself everybody theres no fighter escort" :) :) :)
TalonMercenary 3 months ago 3
love the bit when the music starts, you have to be british to understand
TheDigit62 3 months ago 5
@TheDigit62 I'm American and I love the bit when the music starts :)
HenryvKeiper 3 months ago 3
@HenryvKeiper point taken my friend
TheDigit62 3 months ago
I agree
yipwaileung1945 3 months ago
That dumbass at the end with a victory roll LOL .
micklad11 3 months ago
@micklad11 I don't know if you've seen the entire film, but he actually gets put down by his commanding officer for that - so your comment is fairly accurate :)
HenryvKeiper 3 months ago
@HenryvKeiper I have watched the whole film plenty of times , it is really the only older ww2 film i like and have seen loads of documentaries on the battle as well .
micklad11 3 months ago
I've recently seen a documentary where a RAF vet said the 303 British machine gun was useless and described it as a peashooter compared to the ME109's 20mm cannon,bafflled how we inflicted so much damage on the Luftwaffe
southlondon63 4 months ago
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wks1978 4 months ago
@southlondon63 Apparently the Mk IIb variant with 2 x 20mm hispano cannon came into service in September 1940. The RAF must have fought most of the the battle with the 8 x.303's. wow.
wks1978 4 months ago
@wks1978 The Mk Ib was only used by one or two squadrons however, as the early cannons were prone to jamming
TopGunSGA 4 months ago
@southlondon63 probably sheer number of guns. 8 deer rifles shooting at something will eventually make it break. everything after the first spits and hawks had cannons at least.
runningcockroach 5 days ago
01:08 Bad idea. Bombers shouldn't split-up- They should stay in one piece. Thus their limited gunners could support each other.
Wykletypl 4 months ago 3
SPIT-FOYA!!!
meganisationlubracat 4 months ago
@meganisationlubracat That's "Spit-Feuer!"
samuraikensai 4 months ago
1:52 my favorite part
By the way, why were the pilots mentioning Heinz Ketchup??
Trashcansam123 5 months ago
@Trashcansam123 I presume it's the name of the plane. You know, kinda like "Tomato Heinz to squadron, it's 3 minutes to target" or something like that.
ASNZern 5 months ago
@Trashcansam123 Codename of the commanding plane was Tomato Einz.
Wykletypl 4 months ago
HOME AND TEA YEAA!!
Pandaonfire5 5 months ago
il2 Sturmovik : Cliffs of Dover got me in the mood to watch this
skintrade 5 months ago
Funny to see the spanish build HE 111 with Merlin engines. Major fault
mcstaal 5 months ago
@mcstaal Better that than a B-25 made to look like a 111
TopGunSGA 5 months ago
Forgot to mention that he was a Night Fighter pilot, shooting down British bombers. Actually, he shot down 57 aircraft at night and 15 during the day, flying conventional fighters. Was flying Bf109s and FW190s, during the day. I think that they shot down a few Spitfires, sir!
Georgejmh 5 months ago
The Bf110 did well as a night fighter. My cousin Wilhelm flew them, along with the fighter version of the JU88 and he was quite successful (72 kills/57 at night).
Georgejmh 5 months ago
did he shoot em while they were on the ground because no fuckin ju88 or bf110 would have lived with any spitfire, happen he just dreamt he shot down 72 planes eh hahaha
keanoman1000 5 months ago
tomato einz unt alle: means tomato 1 to all
weden99uk 6 months ago
There was actually fighter support from bf 110's but they are no good as daylight fighter
redpaw550 6 months ago
gods speed england
TheDeadmau55555 6 months ago
And more than a squadron was stationed there grp 12 in the north had about 20% of the fighter strength..and group 13 in Scotland had several as well
ThePendrag0n 6 months ago
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This was reprensenting LuftFlotte 5 coming from Norway. Only the Me-110 could reach the UK from there and it sucked when fighting a true fighter. Goerings Zerstorer concept fell flat on it's facethere.
ThePendrag0n 6 months ago
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ThePendrag0n 6 months ago
As the Bf109's only has 10 minutes over London it it a wonder the Germans didn't think of using drop tanks. After all the Mustang and Lightnings couldn't have reached Berlin or stayed to too long over Germany without them. It's not as though they were a new idea.
binaway 6 months ago
@binaway
Funny how the RAF and USAAF didn't think of the idea sooner themselves either. Bomber command of the RAF suffered so much in the day raids they only did night raids, and the American B17's and B24's suffered tremendous losses in 1943. The BlackThursday in October 1943 is an example.
Also, nazi Germany needed all the fuel they could possibly spare for the 1941 invasion of the USSR. In fact Hitler admitted to Mannerheim in '42 that without the Romanian oil fields there'd be no invasion
McLarenMercedes 6 months ago
How many gunners did the hienkel have? I've seen pictures with side guns fitted
skintrade 6 months ago
Slight historical inaccuracy, the German bombers sent from Norway left their gunners behind to save weight!
biggroberts01 7 months ago
The bombers split up and have no fighter escort. Fatal. For you Fritz the was is over!
Alembic25 7 months ago
Why the hell do they have no fighter escort?!?!?!
StarCraftPilot 7 months ago
@StarCraftPilot they weren't expecting any fighter resistance.
Ineedacig 7 months ago
These were heinkel squadrons coming from Norway to attack scotland and the industrial midlands. The Germans assumed that spitfire squadrons were concentrated in the south. They were wrong.
hanscombe72 7 months ago 2
Die you Pashist Fig!
ben191209 7 months ago
The german pilots were good but unlike the british they didnt have good leadership which may have been why they lost.britain also had good radar and communication
Unstopablewrath 8 months ago
@Unstopablewrath and also unlike us Brits they are very unorganised! German fighters have 10 minutes over Britain cos of fuel.
DavBlc7 8 months ago
@Unstopablewrath What? They had Adolf Galland at the helm, leading German ace during the battle of Britain!
StarCraftPilot 7 months ago
The Germans lost so many Heinkles over there English targets due to no cover . The BF109 lacked range.Goring new of this issue yet nothing was done .The Heinkel He112 should have been allowed to mass produce, its range superior by far ,yet it was scrapped.So the English simply waited for the bf109 escorts to leave the Heinkles then attack.The English flatter themselves , the reality is that ,had the Germans a longer ranged fighter things would have been different.
barbenH 8 months ago
@barbenH That right yeah - the Bf109s have 10 minutes over Britain so according to books about German aircraft. By the time the fighting in N. Africa started, the Bf109 was much improvised having extra fuel tanks under the aircraft.
Later in the war both sides improved their aircraft - The Yanks have a fighter plane that can fly longer called the Mustangs which was used to protect bombers - We Brits have similar aircraft.
DavBlc7 8 months ago
@DavBlc7 The introduction of the P51 into the European theatre was a hugh trump card for the Allies. Longer range & able to protect Allied Bombers into Germany .Germany had no answer to the American conveyor belt, that kept on producing whilst German resources dwindled.The English had nothing to match the durable P51 there contribution through out the war was basically a supporting role.The Soviets & Americans were by far the greatest contributors to the war effort .
barbenH 7 months ago
I think you will find later in ww2 the p51 fighter had a rolls royce merlin in it out of the british spitfire to gain greater range over germany and protect bombers
michaelstarwars45 7 months ago
@michaelstarwars45 The D series Mustang had the Packard engine , more or less a Merlin, built in the States though.If a Mustang was shot down , then in my opinion ,it was the inexperience of the Pilot; the complete fighter plane of its era.The Mustangs range was helped by the use of drop tanks.
barbenH 7 months ago
@barbenH The Mustang had a Merlin in it since the P-51B
TopGunSGA 6 months ago
@barbenH who had the biggest navy in the world at the time? prick BRITIAN thats who, if we lost the battle of britian no D-Day, no liberaton of weston europe, germany would have had more time to invade russia before the winter sets in and could have easily reached moscow before december, end of the easten war Germany wins, you fucking ignorant yank, yeah you keep telling yourself England had a supporting role in WW2.
cpj93070 7 months ago
@cpj93070 I am a New Zealander not a "Yank"! You really need to read up on the history of the war, especially the Western front. I have , for the past 30 years.Your foul language suggests you are of lower intelligence,perhaps single digit IQ?
barbenH 7 months ago
@barbenH oh so now you agree britian didnt have a backseat in the war you joined the war because we did your part of the BRITISH EMPIRE, PRICK you desend from us so do learn up on your history dude.
cpj93070 7 months ago
@cpj93070 Don`t waste my time.
barbenH 7 months ago
@barbenH lol i love it when im right.
cpj93070 7 months ago
@cpj93070 What part of shit hole UK do you live in? Are all poms blow-arses? You eeeeeee-bahhhhh gumm lad! So what broken english dialect do you speak?Your profile picture suggests that you are half Pakistani,Did your Mum like it black? The English were NOTHING in WW2 ; The mighty Russians were the biggest contributors followed by the USA.
barbenH 7 months ago
@barbenH U FUCKING COCKSUCKING FAGGOT, go shag a sheep you Kiwi fucking twat, thats all you new zealenders do lol shag sheep all day long look how big your countr'y is twat WE OWN YOU BITCH bow down before us motherfucker, we were up there with russia and the fat yanks so shut the fuck up asshole lol.
cpj93070 7 months ago
@cpj93070 Cant handle it eh little boy!Do you dribble on your boy friends back to fake a orgasim? Did you sleep in and miss summer? I`ve been to the UK what a stinking filthy place.Terrible weather ,pale people & lots of Pakistanis; your family.
barbenH 7 months ago
@barbenH your lot are fucking sheep shaggers you mom is a sheep you fucking mong we can wipe your country off the map bitch how do you like that? ill fucking watch you eat your own shit while i fuck your mom and your sister,i can be childish to motherfucker lol
cpj93070 7 months ago
@barbenH ha repeating the same shit over again you dumb fucking kiwi go suck on a rats bollcoks bitch, your a fucking polac so go take your cheries and pluto tits and go and shag your nana and your squinty eyes you sansanhag mosquito cock lol.
cpj93070 7 months ago
WAR; it's FANTASTIC!
Spartacus217 8 months ago
lol @ break it off, home & tea.. for once you deserve it:)
fransjeclevers 9 months ago
honor a la luftwaffe
luftwaffe honor
Luftwaffe Ehre
riaton87 9 months ago
The English pilots were good, as were the Polish pilots who participated, not to forget the German pilots. During the Air battle for England.
EJLSWE 9 months ago 19
@EJLSWE
And Czech pilots ;-)
VN1986 9 months ago
great movie
flyus747 9 months ago
Hurracaines we're great Heinkel bomber killers too.
Squeaks90 9 months ago
thank god Fatso goring was a fool, god bless the RAF
IMPERIALSTORMTROOPER 9 months ago
God bless the RAF
VladFerdinand1 9 months ago
I believe there are still a few Heinkels in service with some modern airforces; Spain i think
TalonMercenary 9 months ago
@TalonMercenary Sadly, they're all gone. The last flyable He 111 crashed back in 2004.
PolarizedMechs 9 months ago
The real issue the British pilots had was the Browining .303 guns all eight when fired only caused severe damage when the target was realy close , they only had 10 seconds or so of button pressing then they were out of ammo. The German escort fighters had cannons and could shoot at longer distances, but theire flying / battle time was short lived due to fuel they carried.
British pilots were new bies , only a few were experienced and battle training was very short indeed .
mosquito1958 9 months ago
1:53 That's what happens when you eat too much Heinz ketchup you fucking jerry!
AwesomeSauce64 9 months ago 2
@AwesomeSauce64 Dude, that was my grandpa :(
HenryvKeiper 9 months ago 34
@HenryvKeiper
You have the best comments ever
FortunaFortesJuvat 9 months ago
@HenryvKeiper My Grandpa shot to Spitfire with a Flak :D
AdmiralAnal1 8 months ago
@HenryvKeiper really
wolfgagger 5 months ago
@wolfgagger No, I was kidding :P
HenryvKeiper 5 months ago
@AwesomeSauce64 tomata one
davvvvo 9 months ago
@AwesomeSauce64 Read A British Book called Fighter by Day, he was the main quartermaster for Brits, very clearly, the Brits lost 1680 Spitifres and Hurricans and Germans only lost 120 ME 109, that's sad, considering 10-15 min fight time and 60 % of those ran out of gas, luckily it was poor leadership by that idiot gorpig, but the Americans and Brits suffered the same in the beginning also, but not for entire war. it took 7000 rounds to down a Heinkel 5 -20 rounds to drop any allied heavy
MrBritdog2 8 months ago
@MrBritdog2 You are talking absolute rubbish, this is concerning the Battle of Britain. How did the Brits lose when the whole strategy was to stop German invasion, the Germans had far more aircraft yet failed in their mission. Quite clearly the RAF were victors. No point mentioning America, they only had 9 Battle of Britain pilots, we are far more thankful to the Poles, Czechs and Commonwealth allies.
People don't half talk some crap on here just because they have read one book!
Ribisintance 7 months ago
@AwesomeSauce64 Jerry had the best planes , Tommy.
MisterMarcoX 7 months ago
@MisterMarcoX debatable.
AwesomeSauce64 7 months ago
@AwesomeSauce64 that was very rude
thekill847 6 months ago
@thekill847 Yeah, but the Nazi's were dicks.
AwesomeSauce64 6 months ago
@AwesomeSauce64 right about that
thekill847 6 months ago
@AwesomeSauce64 damm straight lol
ryanl1481 4 months ago
@AwesomeSauce64 hahaha too right!!!
TalonMercenary 4 months ago
1:54 = red paint
FanOfDnB 10 months ago
@FanOfDnB
This film is from 1969 ;-)
VN1986 10 months ago
@celticthunder10 someone gets shot in the face and it looks a heck of a lot like red paint. There are really fake sound effects. I dont think the film was made to be realistic, somehow
FanOfDnB 10 months ago
You really have to respect the brits because they did not give up even though they had so few compared to the Luftwaffe
PYCHODrAgOn 10 months ago 4
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@PYCHODrAgOn the story that the RAF was vastly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe is a myth. No modern history of the Battle of Britain would claim that.
warager37 9 months ago
@celticthunder10
Wikipedia: 15 August was "The Greatest Day" when the Luftwaffe mounted the largest number of sorties of the campaign. Luftflotte 5 attacked the north of England. Believing Fighter Command strength to be concentrated in the south, raiding forces from Denmark and Norway ran into unexpectedly strong resistance. Inadequately escorted by Bf 110s, bombers were shot down in large numbers. As a result of the casualties, Luftflotte 5 did not appear in strength again in the campaign.
DazDaMan 10 months ago
At the end of the BoB. Britons did'nt know that they lost and the Huns didn't know that they won. Cheers
Cavelson 10 months ago
This was Luftflotte 5 flying from bases in Norway, they actually did have a fighter escort of Me110's with their rear gunner removed to save on weight, which was a fatal mistake.
ColdWarWarriors 10 months ago
Excellent video this film was a true testament to the sacrifices made by many young men on both sides of the conflict. As much as hollywood would like to portray that Ben Affleck won the BOB single handed historical fact shows us otherwise. It takes a lot of courage to face the things those young men faced everyday and I for one will always have respect for them after all they gave their tomorrow so that we could have our day and stopped the world falling under the whim of a mad man.
TheGMFlex 11 months ago
it would be obvious that the Heinkel He111 without fighter protection would be an easy target to fighter planes such as Spitfire & Hurricane. Any bomber would have a hard time, even the B-17 equipped with 12-17 50 cal machine guns for protection suffered tremendous losses during their missions over Germany since the fighters at that time can't escort all the way. That changed when P-51 Mustang became operational. This was what the Luftwaffe lacked also, a fighter that could escort all the way.
ThunderHenshin32 11 months ago
In hindsight, the bombers should have approached the objective below radar coverage and departed high and fast, taking advantage of the Spitfire's (Hurricanes, more likely) short range.
westlock 11 months ago
@westlock
They'd have still got mauled. A Heinkel wouldn't be able to out-climb a Spitfire, even if it WAS given a head-start...
DazDaMan 10 months ago
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So no britain died in the whole war : D, such a stupid message.
Ismalith 11 months ago
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@Ismalith Um...dude? Have you SEEN the movie? It portrays LOTS of Brits dying. At one point it even shows that the British almost lost the war because of their losses. You're making a broadbrush statement and basing it off a four minute scene, which simply makes you look ignorant.
HenryvKeiper 11 months ago 9
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@HenryvKeiper
still... wat are the chances that a british plane wasn't even damaged?
steffankim 11 months ago
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@steffankim You'd be surprised. Any who, they don't show any details on the British planes, but it could be a few got scraped.
HenryvKeiper 11 months ago
@steffankim In the case of there being no fighter escort, and given the bombers are Heinkel He111s which were obsolete even during the battle, plus the fact that its portrayed as a surprise attack...actually the chances were pretty reasonable that the spitfires wouldn't have sustained any casualties in reality. With a load of Bf109s swarming around of course things would have been different...
wahaya2 10 months ago
@steffankim The He111 was badly under gunned. With out fighter escort it was a sitting duck.
kolchack55 10 months ago
@kolchack55 did some have side gunners as well?
skintrade 5 months ago
@skintrade No. One of the major short comings of the luftwaffe was the lack of a decent heavy bomber.
kolchack55 5 months ago
@kolchack55 thats exactly what the Focke Wulf 200 should have been used for
Brian79camino 5 months ago
@steffankim Heinkels are like shooting fish in a barrell
xpat73 10 months ago
@Ismalith
In one of the northern raids (which this scene portrays) the RAF suffered virtually NO losses against the Luftwaffe, who'd flown from Norway with inadequate fighter escort. Look it up.
DazDaMan 11 months ago
@DazDaMan Not inadequate escort....No escort thanks to the range limitations of Luftwaffe fighters and the misjudgements about the strength of RAF.
VeeGlo 10 months ago
@VeeGlo Umm, look it up. The Norwegian bomber raid depicted in the film had fighter escort in real life - Messerschmitt Bf110Ds. But, because they couldn't get a flying '110 (and weren't going to use models), the film company did without them.
DazDaMan 10 months ago
@DazDaMan The messerschmidt 110 was a complete fail as bomber escort, later in the battle it was escorted itself by 109's
redpaw550 10 months ago
@Ismalith ...and the BRITON, bright spark.
carmium 11 months ago
@Ismalith Oh do pay attention, please! A lot of Nazi Heinkel 111/Messerschmidt 110 light bombers tried to attack Northern England without any fighter escort. They were massacred by several squadrons of spitfires/hurricanes. Any questions?
CeeBee1949 10 months ago
@Ismalith your saying its a stupid message that a spitfire didnt get shot down when they could reach speeds of around 362 mph and were designed for dog fights against a bomber which sole purpose was to bomb and not to take on high speed fighters.
Reverbful 9 months ago
@Reverbful
Sure the HE111 hadn´t a real change agains Spitfires, but over the Channel the german bombers never fly alone until 1943.
The german escortes turns over britain, because of too short range.
Ismalith 9 months ago
@Ismalith They weren't over the channel. They're over the north sea
TopGunSGA 9 months ago
@TopGunSGA
Why north sea, wich targets should they attack here?
Ismalith 9 months ago
@Ismalith They were heading to the north of England and Scottland
TopGunSGA 9 months ago
@TopGunSGA
Ok then is channel wrong, but there still the question why the bombers fly without escord although they are still in the range from BF109 hosts.
Ismalith 9 months ago
@Ismalith The He-111s in the video would have been flying from Norway. The Germans didn't have any 109s there though. The 109 only had enough fuel for about 30 minutes over London, the northern raids were well beyond their range. In reality the bombers would have been escorted by Bf-110s, but there weren't any 110s flyable at the time or now for that matter
TopGunSGA 9 months ago
@TopGunSGA
Remember the line in the film? Not even a spitfire can be in two places at once!
hanscombe72 9 months ago
@Ismalith the reason they came across the north sea was to hit scotland ,,the first city bombed in britian
was glasgow because of the clyde shipyards..to try and disrupt the shipbuilding
as the wanted to curtail the alantic convoys
erlock21 9 months ago
tally ho chaps
vadid666 11 months ago
Does anyone else like the spitfire/ hurricane victory roll?
chimetrooper 11 months ago
God bless the Royal Air Force!!!
englishguy2010 11 months ago
ME 262 ftw...
HartsocKGER 11 months ago
german losse in battle of britain 1550 aeroplanes 2000 pilots killed 500 captured,, result a new generation of english aircrafts
JIMY45GR 11 months ago
1:53 LOL. Now I know why no movies before the 1970s were rated R. There's no way kids will believe things that fake!
UncleJoel985 1 year ago
The Mustang was also a British design too.
DaveAtherton 1 year ago
@DaveAtherton Mustang designed by North American Aviation at the request of the British Purchasing Commission.
VeeGlo 11 months ago
@VeeGlo and they did not like the mustang
packr72 11 months ago
@DaveAtherton no it was built for britain, the only thing brittish on a mustang is it's rolles royce merlin v12 in line engine
packr72 11 months ago
@packr72
And engines are the main thing on a plane, so you could say the P51 is a brithis plane.
Ismalith 11 months ago
@Ismalith designed by north american aviation, not hawker, not supermarine, not dehaviland, NORTH AMERICAN, flown by american pilots, firing browning .50 cal guns
packr72 11 months ago
@packr72 The Mustang was used by the RAF, RCAF, RAAF and the RNZAF to name but a handful, so not just American pilots. Yes it was designed by North American Aviation, but it was designed to meet an RAF specification, not an American one
TopGunSGA 11 months ago
@packr72 ...AND powered by an English Rolls Royce engine!
carmium 11 months ago
@packr72 Most of the merlin engined Mustangs used the licensed built version of the Rolls-Royce product from the Packard Motor Co. Before the end of WW2, Packard reengineered and improved the Merlin and ended up supplying engines back to Britain for use a/c like the Lancaster.
VeeGlo 10 months ago
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TalonMercenary 1 year ago
ENGLAND FOREVER
arsta120 1 year ago
Thumbs up who gets a lump in their throat when the theme music starts!!!
The Heinkels going on to the North Sea was done by Radio Controlled models. They had to insert the shot of bullets hitting the cables to give a reason for the R/C antennae protruding out the back in a long shot.
hanscombe72 1 year ago 9
Can't see a B17 carrying a 22,000lb bomb!!! Hail the Lancaster!!!
anglosimon 1 year ago 3
@anglosimon Hehehe! B-17, the 4 engined MEDIUM bomber :D :D :D
Ecthaelyon 1 year ago
More Realastic then todays CGI O_o
jasincl 1 year ago