September 1940: Hitler conquered continental Europe in a few months, but it ran up against the savage will of the British and their chief of government, Churchill. This last predicted to its people «blood and tears», it will have some until more thirst.
The battle of England (1940-1941), gigantic air battle, is a challenge for German aviation, Luftwaffe, its Goering chief is extremely made put at knees Great Britain. 800 British hunters (of which 540 Hurricanes and Spitfires) face 1300 bombers, 250 fighter-bombers and 700 hunters.
The assisted English pilots of volunteers come from occupied Europe (French, Polish, Norwegian...) resist the attacks come from the French, Belgian, and Norwegian coasts. The pilots can carry out several missions per day, they have the advantage of fighting above friendly ground-level and especially to have a network of RADAR installed since 1937 making it possible to locate the enemy formations. For the first time the machine of war Nazi is put in failure.

But the civil population makes the expenses of these engagements. The bombardments, first of all directed against the centers of industrial productions, accidentally touch the working districts of London on August 24, 1940. In reprisals, Berlin is bombarded the following day by some planes. It is the climbing... Eye for eye, tooth for tooth! From now on, the Germans seek to break moral English population. London, Coventry and well of other cities still undergo «terrorist» attacks. It is Blitz.
In October 1940, the attacks weaken, but will however last until spring 1941. Hitler then cancels its plan of invasion of England, the plan Sealion (Otary), and turns the eyes towards the East, the vital space to which it aspires. The Barbarossa plan takes form in the greatest secrecy...
Churchill and the pilots saved Great Britain.