• Director: Guy Hamilton
  • Release Year: 1969
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English, German, Polish, French

The Battle of Britain

Description

Royal Air Force pilots do their best to prevent German Luftwaffe airplanes from dominating the skies over Great Britain as a prelude to a German invasion.

Themes

World War II (1939 – 1945), Battle of Britain (10 July – 31 October 1940), Air power, Historical reenactments, Royal Air Force (RAF), Battle of France (10 May – 25 June 1940), Modern warfare, Nationalism, Public memory, Legends and mythologies, Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973)