WHAT’S THE STORY?
By the end of June 1940, the forces of Nazi Germany and its allies dominated Western Europe. at July, the German leader, Adolf Hitler, turned his attention to Britain which, despite the hopeless military situation it was in, had refused to surrender.
ONE OF THE FEW This artist’s impression shows RAF ace Sergeant Ronald Fairfax Hamlyn in his Supermarine Spitfire
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