Battle of Britain

Very shortly after returning from Aitutaki, I played in the first day of interclub pétanque. Summer is coming!

Midday, we were overflown by the old fighter plane squadron. They usually turn up on holidays, but none of us could figure out what holiday it was.

It turned out that there was a commemoration of the Battle of Britain. Since we in America were mostly focused on staying out of the conflict at that point, in school we didn’t learn as much about the Blitz as we did about the post-Pearl Harbor parts of the war.

As we confront – or try not to confront – the awful reality of shooting wars in Ukraine and Israel, it’s even more important to remember what happens when you drop bombs.