Impending Invasion
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Impending Invasion
We weren't particularly briefed by the commanding officer
about it. The information was there though that, that, well the
very fact that we were expected to defend the airport if an
invasion came along gave us a reasonable amount of concern.
The fact that we're only forty miles from the coast, the southern
coast, Southampton, was a factor too. We weren't, you know,
it was a very short distance away and we were well aware too,
that there really wasn't much defence in England. The army was
pretty well devastated when they came back from Dunkirk.
They recouped, you know, in typical British style, got on with
the job and as Churchill said, fight all the way through to the
beaches and whatever. But we were well aware, yes.
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