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Article: Baffled by The Battle of Britain; ..at least that's what 4 per cent of people aged from 18 to 24 think they looked like.(News)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2000
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SIXTY years ago, a small band of British pilots defeated Hitler's mighty air force.
The people of this country are forever in the debt of The Few who fought the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.
But that message has not reached most young people.
They think the Battle of Britain was in 1066 and that the troops involved were the cavalry.
They are not sure if we were fighting the Romans or the Normans and believe our great wartime leader was King Alfred or Richard rather than Winston ...