[merrylander]

The only problem with reading about some historical event is who wrote the book? Did he/she have any bias? Also remember that history books tend to be written by the victor. By the time Hitler thought of invading Britain the RAF had taken over the skies. Comment by a German ace when Goering asked him if he could get them anything was "Yes, some Spitfires".

Then there was the British ace who was addressing a ladies tea club and he was describing a dog fight and how they dealt with the fokkers. The president of the club hastened to tell the ladies that Fokker was a german aircraft (actuall Tony Fokker was Dutch). The ace said "yes but these fokkers were Messerschidts".