The American Invasion of Britain
By the end of 1941 Britain had already been at war with Nazi Germany for two long years, dark days where not much had gone right. The RAF fighter pilots had heroically won the Battle of Britain and stopped the Germans from invading, but the fact was that Britain was fighting on the defensive, and almost alone. Then on 7th December 1941 something happened, that something was the attack on Pearl Harbor…
In 1942, the US Air Force, the largest airfare in the world, arrived in Britain to battle in World War II. For the British, this meant a new era. For the American airmen, this meant a different way of life, and the thought that every day might be their last. Memoirs from locals offer fascinating personal tales to form the story of one of the most costly military campaigns in history.
The American Invasion provides a powerful record of a momentous period in American and British history.
00:00 – The Friendly Invasion
02:30 – 457th Bomb Group at RAF Glatton
04:57 – Eighth Air Force in Rural Britain
06:48 – Worlds Apart – Arrival in Little England
09:16 – Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain
13:13 – Meeting the Locals
15:02 – Quonset Huts
15:50 – Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – Precision Bombing
19:12 – Bravery of the Luftwaffe
21:33 – Remembering the Raids
23:16 – British Weather
24:20 – Notorious Schweinfurt Raid
26:42 – Black Thursday – Costliest Operation of WWII
28:07 – Village Life – Beer, Bikes, and Dancing
32:39 – Romancing the Ladies
35:05 – Piccadilly Commandos
36:32 – Adopted Families
38:12 – North American P-51 Mustang – Fighter Support
43:03 – Price of Victory
44:18 – Nazi Germany Surrenders
47:02 – GI Brides
50:10 – Veterans Honour the Fallen
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