古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
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the battle of britain, a conflict in british skies between the british royal air force and the german luftwaffe, started on 10 july 1940, with the raf forces being outnumbered three to one by the attackers.

the climax of the battle fell on 15 september. more than 400 german bombers attacked london. raf fighter pilots battled bravely to protect the city. sergeant ray holmes shot down one bomber and then saw another german plane heading straight towards buckingham palace, the residence of the royal family. upon firing, he discovered his machine guns failed. hoping that his hurricane fighter could withstand the impact, he flew the plane directly into the german bomber, cutting off its tail and sending it hurtling to the ground. but his own plane was badly damaged and was falling into a dive. he parachuted to safety.

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