No shortage of of controversy in the BoB
[QUOTE=JetSetJimbo;10891107]Just listenend to an enthralling interview with this historian and writer - who has some quite controversial opinions about the Battle of Britain - particulary in the relationships of some of the main players - I found it fascinating.
Nothing new here, but it took years for the truth about some of the 'issues' to surface and even then it gets rewritten and played down.
It was politics without TV and social media. Several 'players' wanted others jobs and history shows they were more interested in that, than 'being a team', and ensuring a combined effort was vital.
Also the Castle Bromwich situation was a scandal in its own right as it failed to produce machines until very late in the Battle unlike Hurricane production which was our saviour. Of course the Churchill factor also comes in to play, for without his determination to get the country to 'Fight back' as opposed to 'do a deal with Hitler' there would be no BoB, and the cabinet meetings of the 28th May were a real close run event,being the pivotal decisions that led to this Country standing up for freedom and democracy (on our own) when the situation looked very uncertain. In its way the 1968 BoB film did try to expose some of this situation, and certainly 'spawned' the return to flight of machines that would have rotted away. Churchill had his 'skeletons', but he gave the decisive leadership that was needed at the right time. GB plc is about democracy and choice, it is not the most efficient way to run a Country sometimes, but we should be proud and grateful to all those that have fought for it over the years.