Why England Slept
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... bomber will always get through .... The only defense is in offense , which means that you have to kill more women and chil- dren more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves . This speech , with its note of hopelessness ...
... bomber will always get through .... The only defense is in offense , which means that you have to kill more women and chil- dren more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves . This speech , with its note of hopelessness ...
Page 37
... bombers , the offensive arm , rather than on fighters , the defensive arm . This , too , was due to the idea that " the bomber will always get through . " The result was that Britain's defense position was greatly weak- ened . At the ...
... bombers , the offensive arm , rather than on fighters , the defensive arm . This , too , was due to the idea that " the bomber will always get through . " The result was that Britain's defense position was greatly weak- ened . At the ...
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... bombers ? Out of 60 squadrons ( 720 planes ) of bombers - none of them was well organized and only about 200 planes were ... bomber was only 1 : 2 . This was subsequently changed to 3 : 5 later in the year . In regard to anti - aircraft ...
... bombers ? Out of 60 squadrons ( 720 planes ) of bombers - none of them was well organized and only about 200 planes were ... bomber was only 1 : 2 . This was subsequently changed to 3 : 5 later in the year . In regard to anti - aircraft ...
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Certain Fundamental Beliefs | 3 |
Influence of the General Dis | 41 |
Beginnings of the Shift from | 59 |
Copyright | |
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