Britain Fixed The Spitfire In Four Months. Germany Had Spent Four Years On The Fw 190.
21K views · Aug 11, 2026 · Education
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@BritishRecords-d9x · 13 days ago
What makes this story so compelling is how a seemingly temporary solution ended up becoming one of the most important fighters of the war. The Spitfire IX shows that wartime innovation isn't always about creating something completely new—it can be about adapting what already exists quickly enough to meet a changing threat. The human cost behind that transition also makes the story especially powerful. What part of this story surprised you the most?
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@GilesOsborne-i9f · 2 weeks ago
ai slop
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@possel4747 · 2 weeks ago
@<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIyaHDs2fvY&t=90">1:30</a> "You have been told the Spitfire won the Battle of Britain - that is true". NO IT ISN'T. <br><br>THERE WERE FAR MORE HURRICANES THAN SPITFIRES AND THEY SHOT DOWN MORE AIRCRAFT. The Battle of Britain was won because the RAF had radar and the two types of aircraft worked together - the Spitfires tended to attack the fighters and the Hurricanes the (lower) bombers. <br><br>I stopped watching at that point as the voice is boring and clearly I cannot trust any "facts".
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@ianallan8005 · 2 weeks ago
AI shite
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@karlwagner932 · 2 weeks ago
a video for uneducated people! At the very end the FW 190 was the better aiplane! The first engagement between Spitfires and FW190 was a shock for the british pilots!! The most extravagand and outstandig Airplanes were produced from the Germans.The other fact is that The best pilots ever were Germans !
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@50RobinHill · 2 weeks ago
This total slop. Full of inaccuracies and barely intelligible, mangled English. Don't waste your time here.
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@TheEsraStar · 13 days ago
More AI bullshit.
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