Battle of Britain Page #3

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Now, clearly, 11 Group here...

will bear the brunt

of the battle...

as those of you

who are posted there...

will find out

to your discomfort.

12 Group is our second line

of defense...

and covers the industrial

midlands and the north.

13 Group, Scotland

and the northeast...

and 10 Group,

the west of England.

More than half

the fighter-command squadrons...

are stationed here

at 11 Group...

near the coast where we

expect the invasion...

and also able

to protect London...

which is as far as the bombers

can get with fighter escort.

But I think

we can leave strategy...

to those with egg

on their hats.

Attention!

Please, gentlemen, the Inspector

General has just arrived.

Here.

Thank you, Captain.

Ah, my dear Foehn.

You are well?

- Yes, thank you, General.

- And Falke?

Yes, thank you, General.

May I introduce

my brother Hans, sir?

Another fighter ace perhaps?

When I get the chance

to fight, General.

General.

We have borrowed this.

- Dover?

- Dover.

Those masts are their

radio direction finders?

Yes. Their secret weapon.

Which we captured at Dunkirk.

Our Stukas can deal with them.

Excuse me, General, but why?

If they know we're coming,

so much the better.

We don't have to look for them.

The pilots are in excellent

spirits, General.

I have eyes in my head,

Osterkamp.

I merely wanted to say,

General...

we shouldn't wait too long.

It may happen sooner

than you think.

Please, gentlemen.

Come, Falke.

Thank you, General.

This delay is an incredible

piece of luck.

I mean, they roll up France

and then stop.

They could've come right on.

You know,

our latest intelligence...

is that Herr Hitler

is sightseeing in France.

'Tis rather pleasant weather.

Oh, no, I mean it.

He's on holiday.

I'm not complaining, Minister.

No, no, no,

seriously, Dowding...

the morale factor is vital.

I saw Beaverbrook on Monday.

Now, he's going

to be able to deliver...

as many as

a hundred fighters a week.

Well, after seeing you...

I want to be able to go

back to the cabinet...

and tell them you're

as confident as I am.

Damn it, man,

we've got 650 planes.

And they have 2,500 aircraft,

haven't they?

They won't all come over

at once, and we have radar.

Churchill puts great faith

in radar.

It's vital, but it won't

shoot down aircraft.

I must say, you don't exactly

exude a spirit of optimism.

God willing,

we will hold out, Minister.

I see. So I tell

the cabinet...

that you're trusting in radar

and praying to God... right?

More accurate

the other way around.

I'm trusting in God

and praying for radar.

But the essential arithmetic

is that our young men...

will have to shoot down

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