Nothing is as central to the way the British view themselves as the telling and retelling of their gallant fight against the Nazis. Perhaps the colossal figure of Winston Churchill is taken for granted now, his boozy final years remembered with an indulgent chuckle, his elitist views and nostalgia for Empire taken as a slight embarrassment. But no one pokes fun at the underlying tale: the bull’s-eye accuracy of his ignored early warnings about Hitler’s intent, the real-time impact of his oratory once he became prime minister, the nation’s banding together during the Blitz, the bravery of the pilots who fought the Battle of Britain and the core belief that Britain’s stout heart turned the tide against fascism for decades to come.
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