Question
Pilots on one side of this battle were nicknamed “The Few” in reference to a speech by Winston Churchill where he said, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this battle in which the Royal Air Force defeated an aerial campaign by the Luftwaffe.
ANSWER: Battle of Britain
[10m] Churchill coined the name for the Battle of Britain in this speech from June 18, 1940. This speech, often known by its final line, claims that the “survival of Christian civilization” depended on the Battle of Britain.
ANSWER: “This was their finest hour”
[10h] In his “We shall fight on the beaches” speech, Churchill compared the upcoming German attack to Napoleon stationing his forces at this port. British and Canadian forces recaptured this French port from the Germans in Operation Wellhit.
ANSWER: Boulogne [or Boulogne-sur-mer]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, European History>
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