"Note:The first Spitfire I to enter service with the RAF arrived at 19 Squadron, Duxford, on 4 August 1938 "
Work on the Spitfire stared in the late 1920s
It was only brought into service in 1938 when the British leadership realised that attempts to appease fascism had not worked
At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War the Luftewaffe was not even functional - an ideal time to have nipped fascism in the bud
Many of the British establishment,, far from preparing for war with
Germany were welcoming what was happening there, particularly to the Jews
Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail ran regular column describing the new German paradise.
When British workers took to the streets to oppose the Blackshirts, not only did they have to face Mosley's thugs, but also mounted police woith batons protecting them
"New Germany is a bulwark of the menace of Bolshevism" - official.
Chamberlain was not trying to win time to fight Hitler - he genuinely sought a pact with him and was prepared to see other nations fall as long as it didn't effect us
Where did this "preparing for war" bullshit come from?
Jim Carroll