Battle of Britain (1969) - "France, May 1940" The opening scenes of the great war movie "Battle of Britain". In May 1940, France has nearly fallen to the military forces of Germany. The British, along with her Commonwealth and French allies, fought vainly to stem the German advance. In this scene, we see a handful of British and Allied pilots being overrun by the German Luftwaffe. As France fell the RAF returned to their bases in Britain... With the British Expeditionary Force on the beeches of