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- W51364147 abstract "No attempt has yet been made to describe the part played by Jewish aircrew in the Battle of Britain during that distant, hot summer of 1940. The gen? teel anti-Semitism of the British establishment and that of other Western societies has always been subtly keen at best to play down and at worst to ignore completely any Jewish contribution. At the same time this lends understated credibility to the comments of those such as the author Roald Dahl, who alleged that he 'never saw a Jew in the front line'. This statement bestows a great responsibility on Jewish historians to dis? pel the racist myths and prove beyond any doubt, through carefully sourced research, that Jews in Britain and other nations have indeed participated in the defence of countries in which they have lived. Furthermore, as I shall show, this participation has frequently been out of proportion to their num? bers in the general population. The Allied victory in the Battle of Britain was a major turning point in the Second World War. The RAF, assisted by Allied squadrons, defeated the might of a numerically far superior German Luftwaffe in an air battle that lasted (as officially defined) from 10 July to 31 October 1940. As a result, Hitler indefinitely postponed his planned invasion of Britain, because he and his High Command understood that without control of the air, German losses in a sea and air invasion would have been unacceptably high and the project would probably have failed. This decision changed the course of the war, as Churchill's 'Few' held back the tide so that Britain and its allies could fight another day, and ultimately win the struggle. A participant in the Battle of Britain is defined as one of those 2917 Allied men of 71 squadrons or units who flew operationally on at least one authorized sortie with an eligible unit of RAF Fighter Command, Coastal Command or the Fleet Air Arm, as a pilot or aircrew, between 10 July and 31 October 1940. Those thus defined were awarded the Battle of Britain clasp worn on the 1939-45 Star, or a silver gilt rosette if medal ribbons only are worn. Of the Allied participants (see list below for the breakdown by nation), 544 were killed and a further 794 killed before the war's end.1" @default.
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- W51364147 title "More than just a few: Jewish pilots and aircrew in the Battle of Britain" @default.
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