Today is Monday, August 20, the 233rd day of 2012 – in 1940 on this day, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force before the House of Commons, saying, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owned by so many to so few.”… Continue reading "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owned by so many to so few."
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Essential supplies…
The underbelly of history … a lot of stories like this are buried with the men who fulfilled the missions … In the lighter moments of WWII, the Spitfire was used in an unorthodox role: bringing beer kegs to the men in Normandy . During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewery donated free beer… Continue reading Essential supplies…