THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969) | The Polish Pilots | MGM

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In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

The Battle of Britain (1969)
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Screenplay by James Kennaway & Wilfred Greatorex
Cast: Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw, Patrick Wymark, Susannah York
Rated G
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.

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The Battle of Britain (1969)

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Massive respect to our Polish brothers in arms.

The UK is forever thankful.

MrBirchieBirch

Did anybody get a chuckle out of the fact that they pretended not to understand any English until the announcement that they were operational. Selective language skills…. 🤣

philshyu

Love this film, and this is my favourite sequence. Pure comedy, and a lovely tribute to the brave Poles who fought with us.

mikethecabbie

The Polish 303 Squadron was the most successful unit during the Battle of Britain. We have a lot to be grateful for from our Polish comrades.

boltonkevin

My (Australian) grandfather fought with the Poles in North Africa, said they had a great sense of humour despite the language barrier.

goodshipkaraboudjan

Polish pilots were well trained. They had combat experience from Poland invasion then Battle of France, and kept on fighting stubbornly despite defeats..
They needed to qualify on British planes, but had more experience than most British.

gengis

I grew up in Chicago, and many of my friends had Polish-speaking family members. What the Polish pilots said was that they recognized German aircraft, any Polish pilot in 1940 would have reacted the same way.

davidmurray

"Silence in polish" - one of the funniest lines ever. Thank you Poland, Czech, Hungarian, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and a myriad of other commonwealth countries (SA, Zimbabwe) etc. - good peoples defeating evil. The British Empire wasn't perfect but a German one based on Hitler's ideas? Our world stands in all of your debt. Thank You.

stuartmiddleton

During the battle with the Bismark. A Polish manned destroyer ran close past the Bismark, blasting away with their 5in guns. All the while signaling "We are Poles!"

seventhson

"Silence, in Polish!" is my favorite quote of all times.

bessarion

I remember chatting RAF pilot several weeks ago, who’s RAF Squadron had been sent to one of the Baltic states.
He was in formation with two Polish Air Force elderly MiG 29 aircraft.
One minute the Poles were there, and a split second latter they were gone !
They had seen four Russian aircraft just outside Baltic airspace, and chased them off without any orders .
Polish pilots today still made of the same stuff, as there Great Grandfather’s

skylongskylong

The last veteran of the Polish squadrons died a few years ago at the Copernicus Lodge, a seniors' residence here in Toronto.

lawrencelewis

My buddies Dad was a Pole in the British Army and was in The Battle of Monte Cassino . He was a tough but also nice and fair guy .

jzzr

love how the whole crew of pilots didn't wait for the translation of the message.
Shows that they all understood perfectly well - they only choose to listen to what they wanted to hear.

NardoVogt