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Battle for Britain

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Based on official British and German sources, this new and revised version of the documentary programme tells the story of Hitler's plan for the invasion of Britain in the summer and autumn of 1940, and of its defeat by the R.A.F. and the people of Britain.
Narrator, Leo Genn

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Compiled by:
Chester Wilmot
Narrator:
Leo Genn
Producer:
Laurence Gilliam
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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