August 13, 1940. FROM REICHMARSCHALL GOERING TO ALL UNITS OF AIR FLEETS 2, 3, AND 5. OPERATION EAGLE. WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD YOU WILL WIPE THE BRITISH AIR FORCE FROM THE SKY. HEIL HITLER. With the issuance of this vague, yet unmistakable, order Britain found itself alone and fighting for its very existence against the most powerful military nation on earth: Germany. Although The Battle of Britain, as it would come to be known, is remembered as an air battle …showed first 75 words of 2835 total…

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