Bloody foreigners. Untold story of the Battle of Britain

[Scout]

I found this moving and interesting.

Bloody foreigners. Untold Battle of Britain. (polskie napisy) - YouTube

[Woolgar]

Damn, its been blocked by Channel 4!

Nick

[davejb]

Bloody stupid !!!!!!!!!

[tempelhof]

pretty incredible.

ridiculous that you guys can't see it!

[davejb]

Its ridiculous seeing Channel 4 is our own TV station, whats so sensitive about it

[tempelhof]

i'm about 1/3 through it. i don't really see anything particularly sensitive at this point.

[Richie B]

Copyright problems I suspect.

Anyway on the subject of "bloody foreigners"

"Of 2917 men qualifying for the Battle of Britain Clasp, 14 different nationalities have been identified:

Great Britain 2334
Australia 33
Belgium 29
Canada 98
Czechoslovakia 88
France 13
Ireland 10
Jamaica 1
Newfoundland 1
New Zealand 126
Poland 145
Rhodesia 3
South Africa 25
United States 11

(One man, identified in some lists as Palestinian or Israeli, is now believed to have been a British subject born in Palestine)"

Not sure how accurate but certainly gives an idea of the different nationalities involved.

[ObKrieger]

I watched it this morning. It was really good! I was not aware of the accomplishments of the Polish fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain. I had just thought that they were just regular old pilots, not a bunch of guys who went up for a turkey shoot every day.

There is a dead body shown in it at one point... maybe that's why it was blocked?

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Copyright problems I suspect.

Anyway on the subject of "bloody foreigners"

"Of 2917 men qualifying for the Battle of Britain Clasp, 14 different nationalities have been identified:

Great Britain 2334
Australia 33
Belgium 29
Canada 98
Czechoslovakia 88
France 13
Ireland 10
Jamaica 1
Newfoundland 1
New Zealand 126
Poland 145
Rhodesia 3
South Africa 25
United States 11

(One man, identified in some lists as Palestinian or Israeli, is now believed to have been a British subject born in Palestine)"

Not sure how accurate but certainly gives an idea of the different nationalities involved.

A Jamaican pilot? I want to know who this man was... and I would love to know more about the Palestinian pilot as well.

[davejb]

In the film Battle of Britain I believe he's listed as an Israeli, but for the life of me I cannot see where the problem was re the block, as for the Polish pilots dont forget most had seen a lot of action before coming to England but it was the Language problems that hindered their inclusion straight away

[zwerge]

In the film Battle of Britain I believe he's listed as an Israeli, but for the life of me I cannot see where the problem was re the block, as for the Polish pilots dont forget most had seen a lot of action before coming to England but it was the Language problems that hindered their inclusion straight away

At least us bloody Canadians had a passing acquaintance with the English language.