Channel Sweep by Richard Taylor. (AP) AIT253 Tribute to the Spitfire Pilots

Tribute to the Spitfire Pilots by Graeme Lothian

A Tiger (P) Ferdinand

43rd Wessex Division gained an initial foothold on the east bank

losing hands and limbs to the slashing strokes of the Sikh blades

11th Hussars

Channel Sweep by Richard Taylor. (AP) AIT253 Tribute to the Spitfire PilotsDHM6379AP. Channel Sweep by Richard Taylor. On 14th June 1940, the first German jackboots were heard on the streets of Paris. Within days France signed an armistice and Hitler could now turn his avaricious eyes north and across the grey waters of the Channel. The island of Britain stood alone and, faced with the threat of imminent invasion, few gave her much chance of survival. Before the all conquering Panzers could invade, Germany needed to gain air