The Battle Of Britain: Their Finest Hour

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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History, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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When did the Luftwaffe begin the Kanalkampf phase of The Battle Of Britain? How many fighters and bombers did Nazi Germany have for the air war over Britain in Summer 1940? What was Operation Sealion called before the name was changed? Join James Holland and Al Murray for part 1 of this new mythbusting series on The Battle Of Britain as they explore the decisive aerial battles over Britain in the summer 1940, and the dogged defence that stopped the Nazi warmachine. Start your free trial at ⁠patreon.com/wehaveways⁠ and unlock exclusive content and more. Enjoy livestreams, early access to longer, video-version podcast episodes, ad-free listening, bonus episodes, and a weekly newsletter packed with discounts and extra reading. Members also get priority access and discounts to live events. A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehaveways@goalhanger.com Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.8	What General Raygon called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Witten is about to begin.
0:57.1	Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own
1:02.1	British life and the long continuity of our institutions and our empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
1:11.6	Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war.
1:16.6	If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward
1:22.6	into broad Sunday topless.
1:24.6	But if we failed in the whole world, including the United States.
1:30.3	Including all that we have known and cared for will sink into the abyss of a new dark
1:36.3	age, made more sinister and perhaps more protracted by the lights of perverted science.
1:47.0	Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty.
1:51.0	So bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth's
1:58.0	last for a thousand years, men will still say this was their final hour.
2:07.2	Oh, stirring stuff, Jim.
2:09.4	And of that, of course, was the Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
2:12.1	Welcome to We have Ways of Make You Talk with me, Al Murray and James Holland.
2:15.2	Welcome to our series that's looking at the
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