Let's Put this Battle of Britain thing in Historical Context..

[MikeC1980]

The battle of Britain did have huge consequences.

If Hitler had defeated the RAF, he would have given the order to invade Britain. He would have eventually defeated Britain.

Without a free Britain, there would have been nowhere for the United States to amass forces for the invasion of Italy and more importantly the D-Day invasion of France. An invasion fleet sailing all the way from the east coast of the US to Europe could not have happened in such great numbers. And also Britain was vital as a launching point for years of bombing raids that struck at Germany's manufacturing capability.

Now here is the bit nobody has thought of.

Without the D-Day invasion, the Russian forces would have had to fight the Nazis on their own... and eventually would have forced them back to Berlin... and beyond.

There is no reason to think the Russians would have stopped at Germany.

The Soviet Iron curtain would have covered the whole of Europe.

The entire history of the world would have been very, very different.

Its (almost) all down to those men in their flying machines!

-Mike C