WWII & HP

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 1102

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<linsenma at h...> wrote:

> 31 July 1940 is allegedly the date that the witches & wizards of 
Britain
> raised a "cone of power" that "stopped" Hitler's planned invasion of
> England.  My memory is that Hitler abandoned Operation Sea Lion 
sometime
> in Sept 1940, when it became clear that the Luftwaffe would be 
unable to
> achieve air superiority in time for a viable crossing of the English
> Channel that year.  Sea Lion was never revived for a variety of
> reasons.  Nonetheless, I'm very very intrigued by this "cone of 
power"
> business.  The person later responded that her source for this
> information was Llewellyn's Witches' Datebook  for 2000 (presumably 
the
> 31 July entry). 

You might have a look at this particular page of the RAF's website 
commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/phase2.html

> BTW, Brooks I'd be more than happy to beta-read your fanfic if you 
want
> some comments.

Eventually. :-)