‘Never in the field of human conflict… WS Churchill addressed the House of Commons and included the line that still resonates around the World – with those of us of a certain age, that is.
If you have never read the speech in it’s entirety, it is worth a look. Though not one of his best, it is still incomparably better than anything we can expect from the pusillanimous lot who pass themselves off as statesmen these days.
I was putting something in my diary today, and the date rang a bell, though I couldn’t quite remember why – thank you google 🙂
Boadicea's Chariot 
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. All our hearts go out to the fighter pilots, whose brilliant actions we see with our own eyes day after day…”
and for the Bomber Crews, it should read “by so many to so many.” They have never really received their due recognition.
Very true, Toc.
Consider, do you think Churchill could have ‘happened’ today?
With the namby pamby claptrap of the PC brigade, not a chance!
You would need a complete breakdown in society to find such a renegade on top of the heap.
Not that that is going to take too long by the look of it all.
I heard extracts from some of his speeches on the radio this morning, so yes, I was aware of the significance of the date.
My uncle was a Spitfire pilot during the war. He was shot down several times but came back in one piece luckily.
Churchill could not have been a hero, he smoked cigars in public.
Well so the twits out there would have us believe.
I watched ‘The Dam Busters,’ a couple of weeks ago, (i am collecting the war films of my childhood, and the Ealing studios repertoire,) and there is a powerful scene at the end when the camera pans round the empty places at breakfast in the officers’ mess.
Good post Bravo, only just got round to reading it, sorry. I did remember today. Thanks for putting the link on too, I’ve printed it.
Great Zen, goose bumps time. The Dam Busters was filmed on our beaches here, as you know.
The Bouncing Bomb was tested in Kent Val. I visited the Möhne dam when I was a child in Germany.
When I was 10, I read the book, at 14 saw the film, at 21 saw the dams, at 38 dined in the pub where they drank. A great story.
Chilling that the ‘tide mark’ is still evident in the area around.
An interesting discussion on the Battle of Britain here:-
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/guywalters/100051075/battle-of-britain-myths/
Some good points in that article, Soutie.