On 10 July 1940, Hitler began the Battle of Britain because Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a fierce determination against the Third Reich. He managed to galvanize the British people against the aerial destruction caused by Nazi bombers and later by the V1s, the first cruise missiles, and the V2s, the first ballistic missiles launched against Britain. "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat..." Such were Winston Churchill's words of war. Before defeating England, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 against the USSR. On 5 December 1941, the panzer divisions...

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