Original subtitles

The Doodlebug. A very promising weapon.

And, for a time, the basis of German strategy.

For eighty days and eighty nights,

they came rumbling in over southern England.

One has viewed the model with detachment.

The German plan was simple:

they hoped to batter and blast the people of England

to the point where they would demand a change in Allied strategy,

demand that the Doodlebug launching sites in the Pas-de-Calais

be made the primary objective.

But there was no public demand for a change of plan.

In spite of five years of war, the people were as calm and courageous

as they were during that great battle four years ago.

They were tested for the second time and they did not flinch.

As Londoners examine the model of a Flying Bomb,

another salvo was being prepared

across the grey waters of the English Channel.'

- 'Range...' - Range control.

That's all that is left of the weapon

that was to prevent the liberation of France.

The battle of London was part of the battle of France.

Bastille Day came out into the open for the first time.

The people of southern England shared the battle

as surely as if they had fought on French soil.'

The German plan failed.

Once again, the enemy underestimated

the courage of common men and women,

the price they are willing to pay in defence of a common cause.

For the second time in this war, London paid a heavy price.

The gay defiance of the old Blitz days was gone.

But their strength was greater,

for they knew that the long battle was being won

and that their sacrifices were speeding the victory.