The Battle of Britain (1943)
- Original title
- Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
- Directed by
- Anthony Veiller, Frank Capra
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 54 min
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film explains why the United States entered World War II by showing the German bombing of Britain and the planned invasion. It presents the events as a call to support the war effort.
patrioticeducationalinformativeserioushistoricalurgentinspirational
What happens
The Battle of Britain was the fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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