War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome to key films of World War II in Europe.

This is your host, James Early, as always.

And as always, I'm joined by my good buddy, Sean McIver.

Sean, we're going up in the air, aren't we, this time?

Into the air.

Into the air.

Tally-oh, as they say.

Tally-oh, indeed.

So we recently discussed in our battle series, the Battle of Britain, and so we thought

we'd follow that up by talking about the classic 1969 British film, the Battle of Britain,

or just Battle of Britain.

So as always,

I'll set the stage or set the table

for Sean, so to speak,

and then Sean's going to give

us some more information

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