[gjbarclay]

I'm not sure what Jimi means when he asked Mr Angry [quote] "have [you] ever read "The Battle of Britain," if so,you'd be forgiven for thinking England won it. Before the Little Englander brigade get on their high horses again,go read it."

There are dozens of books about the Battle of Britain, each with their own take. In my experience most spend some time talking about where the 'British' pilots came from (for example in Stephen Bungay's brilliant 'Most dangerous Enemy') which goes into some detail about the British, Australian, New Zealand, South African, Canadian pilots (from the Empire) and the Polish (the largest non-British contingent), Czech, French, Bulgarian, Belgian, and USA (volunteers before America entered the war). The Wikipedia article on the Battle of Britain makes the same points as does the RAF page on the Battle, which scrupulously uses UK/Britain throughout.

The Battle was, for reasons relating to proximity to the continent, largely fought in southern and midland England and the stock images are, necessarily, of Biggin Hill etc. The RAF stationed air defence squadrons all over the UK, even at the height of the Battle, and indeed moved squadrons around all parts of the UK to rest squadrons in the north and west of England and Scotland, where the level of Luftwaffe activity was much lower (even in NE Scotland, which was close to Luftwaffe bases in Norway).

So, no evidence that [quote] "you'd be forgiven for thinking England won it."