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BATTLE OF BRITAIN ?
Posted: Thu 16 Oct, 2003 11:07 pm
by Marina
Hello everyone,
I would like your help, please
I was asked this question: 'When did the RAF take part in "The Battle of Britain" ?'
1) 1939
2) 1940
3) 1944
I think it was 1940 but I'm not sure.
Posted: Thu 16 Oct, 2003 11:36 pm
by spitz
10th July to 31st October 1940.
Posted: Fri 17 Oct, 2003 10:03 pm
by Marina
Hello there Spitz,
Thank you. you are a star !
Marina
P.S
The Italian job is one of my all time favourite films (the Michael Caine only version) !
Posted: Sat 18 Oct, 2003 1:54 am
by spitz
The MOD has a good site if you need more info.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/bobhome.html
The original Italian job is far superior to the new one, just proves that big budgets do not guarantee quality.
Posted: Mon 20 Oct, 2003 11:32 pm
by Marina
Hi there Spitz,
I will definitley check this site out, as I am very curious to learn and understand more about WW2 history.
Many Thanks!
Posted: Thu 30 Oct, 2003 12:55 am
by Darren
heard talk that hollywood is planning a film about the Battle of Britain and how the americans won it
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 1:06 am
by Wholley
Have a problem with Americans do we then Darren?
Heard all that crap before.Ask Loz,it's going to be made in Holyhead
Wholley.
edited twice by wholley,just for my own peace of mind.
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 1:28 am
by Darren
have problem with them trying to alter history to make it look like they did everything.
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 1:55 am
by Wholley
Darren,sweetie,
Who is this them then?
Look at my address!
Wholley.
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 3:16 am
by Whitey
Darren,
Most Americans don't even know what the Battle of Britian was. Most Americans have visions of Britian involving Longshanks chasing Mel Gibson around green cold hills with swords. They think of the Queen and Fergie. So why you so mad? Hollywood makes alot of inacurate movies. Look at the Vietnam flicks, none accurate, just emotional appeals. We have adressed this topic before, I'm an American and I don't claim we won the Battle of Britian, we did though win the Battle of Lexington though.
Deal is we Americans like you Brit's, we like you guys alot. I thought the Brit's liked us? We can't help what Hollywood does, like you can't help what Blair does. Just don't watch the movie. Look at GI Jane and think about how pissed SEAL/s are, do they hate America for that idiotic movie? No, they just didn't watch it.
I think you just have issues with Americans, so if that is the case, fire your little red rocket bitch. If not then my bad dawg.
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 5:35 am
by spitz
Darren,
I doubt even Hollyweird could stretch the truth that far, although there were seven Americans who are officially recognised as taking part in the BoB, one was killed, six were killed before the end of the war and one survived.
Figures for 'The Few' were 2353 from Great Britain and 574 from overseas.
What will be interesting is who they cast, will RAF pilots be Americans Actors fresh out of the Dick Van Dyke school of English (‘ullo hit’s Mari Poppuns), and Luftwaffe pilots British Actors with dodgy German accents?
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 10:36 am
by lew
Guys just don’t watch the film; there has all ready been a loooooooooooooong thread about this...
No one will win Darren, I’m with you on this it makes me angry to, but its not whiteys, whollys or franks fault, if you want to bite an Americans head off wait until USARMY appears again, now there’s a f@#k wit...
lew
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 1:12 pm
by Darren
it just gets annoying when history is so distorted that people believe the Hollywood mith and not the reality.
I have alot of respect for some things American but there are things I would like to tell them as we say in Northern Ireland Have a titter of wit.
Until the documents were declassified it was down in history that the first electronic computer was an American invention when actually the first electronic computer was colossus at Bletchley but you still see in books etc the americans invented the computer.
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 1:23 pm
by lew
Darren I know what you mean, did you know that it was a British engineer that made it possible for the allies to use super sonic flight, as he re designed the tale on jet planes, but this went down in history as an American brake through...
lew
Posted: Fri 31 Oct, 2003 4:09 pm
by Wholley
Nice one Spitz.
Dick Van Dyke indeed!
There seems to be a lot of movie re-makes around at the moment.
Could it be that Hollywierd is too busy playing anti-American politics?
Jennifer Anniston is off to the Mid-east to solve all their problems,so we can now rest easy.
The original Battle of Britain will always be the best imho.
"Op's,we either stand down or blow up.Which do you want?"
Michael Caine.
Still watch it.
In fact I might just watch it now.
Beats mulching leaves.
I HATE Fall.
Wholley.