The Anonymous Widower

Should We Still Call It The Battle of Britain?

Today is the 70th anniversary of the start of The Battle of Britain in 1940, which perhaps is one of the great battles in history.

But are we right to name it such?

I remember a French documentary on the battle in probably 1965, that was considered controversial. It wasn’t in any great sense, but it criticised us for calling it The Battle of Britain.  As they felt, it was effectively Europe’s last stand against the Nazis and if we had lost the battle then the war might well have been over, then the battle should be called The Battle of Europe.

I thinik the French were right!

August 20, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | News | Europe, History, Second World War