Battle of Britain
★ 6.8 · 1969 · 132m · War · History · Action · Drama
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
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