A Squadron of Spitfires! (1 Viewer)

[wayne556517]

At the height of the Battle of Britain in 1940 Chief of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering was becoming increasingly impatient with his air force's inability to decisively crush the Royal Air Force. At the same time the Luftwaffe was beginning to lose an growing number of aircraft to the British. He decided to pay a visit to his frontline squadrons in France to find out for himself what was going wrong… Traveling on his private train the Reichsmarshall summoned Adolf Galland and Werner Molders, two of his top fighter aces, to meet him and discuss the worsening situation. At first he berated the two leading pilots and accused them (and their fighter units) of not doing enough to protect his bombers. After a while, his mood softened and he asked them both how to succeed…and what they required? Galland looked at Molders… Molders look to Galland… and finally Galland said, "A squadron of Spitfires!" The Reichsmarshall was not amused. This little vignette set portrays the historic meeting...

A classic K&C set 1 of my favourites.

 

[villagehorse]

This is a neat set Wayne. It will not be long before these happy times will be replaced with bitter recriminations of the failure to defeat the Spitfires. :salute::, Robin.

 

[ivanmoe]

This is a neat set Wayne. It will not be long before these happy times will be replaced with bitter recriminations of the failure to defeat the Spitfires. :salute::, Robin.

Churchill referred to those events as "the end of the beginning." From that point, however, it was all down hill for Hitler in terms of Strategic success. Even the Balkans Campaign was a setback to the degree that it was essentially unplanned and delayed aspects of Operation Barbarossa. I never have understood why some people lionize aspects of Nazi rule or its military. No one roots, ex post facto, for a losing sports team, even a good one, or an axe-murderer in a horror-movie. Oh well, I guess that history's ultimate villains do present us with an opportunity to collect "the good guys"...and toy pilots of every persuasion!

-Moe

 

[Guy]

This shed received a lot of important visitors . Should be well guarded
guy

 

[Mirof]

Churchill referred to those events as "the end of the beginning." From that point, however, it was all down hill for Hitler in terms of Strategic success. Even the Balkans Campaign was a setback to the degree that it was essentially unplanned and delayed aspects of Operation Barbarossa. I never have understood why some people lionize aspects of Nazi rule or its military. No one roots, ex post facto, for a losing sports team, even a good one, or an axe-murderer in a horror-movie. Oh well, I guess that history's ultimate villains do present us with an opportunity to collect "the good guys"...and toy pilots of every persuasion!

-Moe

"the end of the beginning" was pronounced by Churchill at the end of the second battle of Alamein in 1942
Pity K&C represented Göring that way and not in his usual attires when visiting pacified regions