 | Great Britain. Air Ministry, Great Britain. Ministry of Information - 1941 - 42 Seiten
...mortal danger, are turning the tide of world war by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." and began to rely entirely on a policy of night raiding — its tacit admission of defeat. It is now... | |
 | British Information Services - 1945 - 890 Seiten
...German air fleet at odds of seven or eight to one m the Battle of Britain. Never before in the history of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. The name of Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding will ever be linked with this splendid event. But conjoined... | |
 | Sir Isaiah Berlin, Isaiah Berlin - 2004 - 840 Seiten
...will be bucked. written Churchill delivered his famous tribute to the British pilots, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.' Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches 1897-1963, ed. Robert Rhodes James (New York, 1974), vol.... | |
 | Sara Munson Deats, Lagretta Tallent Lenker, Merry G. Perry - 2004 - 372 Seiten
...rousing rhetoric. Churchill's memorable tribute to the warriors of the Battle of Britain, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few," echoes Henry's rhapsodic praise of those "few, those happy few," who through their valor and self-sacrifice... | |
 | John McCollister - 2004 - 194 Seiten
...Royal Air Force (RAF), of whom, in 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Early-model Spitfires had a cruising speed of 312 mph — substantially slower than the German Messerschmitt... | |
 | Mitchell Geoffrey Bard - 2004 - 436 Seiten
...of the sacrifice and the threat that had been repulsed prompted Churchill to declare: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Words of War Even as Britain was absorbing the ferocity of the German blitz, Churchill sought to reassure... | |
 | Stephen Shapiro, David Craig, Tina Forrester - 2004 - 100 Seiten
...and defeat. ln Prime Minister Winston Churchill's words of praise for the RAF pilots, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." DlD THE DECOYS WORK? The Luftwaffe attacked day decoys (K sites and dummy factories) 47 times, Q sites... | |
 | Bradley Lightbody - 2004 - 312 Seiten
...in commending their bravery in the House of Commons on 20 August he memorably stated: 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.'6 Galland's comment to Goring highlighted that for the first time in the war the Luftwafte had... | |
 | 王曉寒 - 2004 - 238 Seiten
...20034p 4 Я 29 В . ald Rumsfeld (-tór#r£) ' (Qatar) О^Ц* Central Command й Don" Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to io few." ЖЯШ : • 1940 ^ s я 2о : " Never have so many been so wrong about so much. " tUfflH... | |
 | Norman Finkelstein - 2005 - 195 Seiten
...Churchill, who replaced Chamberlain as prime minister, said of the selfless British pilots: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Murrow reported on the everyday resilience of the English people. He told listeners about London street... | |
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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. 
