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British officer in Gibraltar pretends to be traitor Japan Invisible Invader: Sugata-naki shinnyūsha (姿無き侵入者) Shuzo Fukuda: Foreign spies in Japan pretend to be travelers Italy Luciano Serra, Pilot: Luciano Serra pilota: Goffredo Alessandrini: Italo-Abyssinian War: Korea Military Train: Gun'yō ressha (軍用列車) Gun-yong-yeolcha ...
Battlefield Britain is a 2004 BBC television documentary series about famous battles in British history. The 8 part series covers battles from Boudicca's rebellion against the Romans in 60AD to the Battle of Britain in 1940 it also covers the impact and implications the battles had on the future of the British isles. The series is presented by ...
Mini-series about Australia's relationship with its allies during World War II 1984 1984 Ireland Caught in a Free State: 1984 1984 East Germany Front ohne Gnade: 1984 1984 United Kingdom The Jewel in the Crown: The last days of the British Raj during and after WWII in India. Based on the four novels by Paul Scott known collectively as "The Raj ...
Media in category "Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. VBTiger.jpg 410 × 242; 35 KB
World War II poster containing the famous lines by Winston Churchill The Battle of Britain anniversary parade at Buckingham Palace in 1943.. Winston Churchill summed up the effect of the battle and the contribution of RAF Fighter Command, RAF Bomber Command, RAF Coastal Command and the Fleet Air Arm with the words, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few". [14]
It is often misquoted as "peace in our time", a phrase already familiar to the British public by its longstanding appearance in the Book of Common Prayer. A passage in that book translated from the 7th-century hymn "Da pacem Domine" reads, "Give peace in our time, O Lord; because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God."
A British soldier on a beach in Southern England, 7 October 1940. Detail from a pillbox embrasure. British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941.
This category contains articles about specific actions and short battles involving the United Kingdom. For major land battles and operations see the main page. Pages in category "Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom"