The Battle of Britain Was The First Defeat For The German Luftwaffe.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by kendo65

I would say the Russians could be on a similar level to the UK, and for similar reasons - finishing as victors.

All the other European countries have painful memories of defeat and occupation. Best forgotten.

I don't think it's advisable to compare GB to Russia, the scales are VERY hard to match there..

For the victors (in any conflict...?) there is more of a tendency to view it as a nation-defining achievement (though how long a country should keep clinging to its past glories is a valid question to raise)

yep, how long? Is it because ww2 was probably the first well documented conflict of history and is still so vivid in our memories, and many vets are still around?