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Article: Victorious few saved the lives of so many; Historian Gordon Lucy looks back on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.(Features)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2002
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Byline: Gordon Lucy
SIXTY years ago, in a BBC broadcast on September 19, 1942, George Orwell told the British public: "Now that we can look back and see the events in perspective, it is becoming clear that the Battle of Britain ranks in importance with Trafalgar, Salamis, the defeat of the Spanish Armada and other battles of the past in which the invading forces of a seemingly invincible monarch or dictator have been beaten back and which have formed a turning point in history."
The Battle of Britain has at least a three-fold significance. First, it ...