PROTECTION TO REMEMBER (4)
Scripture: Ephesians 6:13-15
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Title: Protection to Remember (4)
Series: Ephesians 6
Author: Stephen Whitney
Text: Ephesians 6:13-15
In July 1940, when Prime Minister Winston Churchill would not surrender to the Germans, Hitler ordered his air force with their 1,100 fighters and more than 1,500 bombers to attack England.
The English fighter pilots fought back bravely to defend England.
In the first month the English pilots shot down two German planes for every Royal Air Force plane lost, but still it was not enough.
A shortage of pilots was beginning to tell.
In 10 days in August, more than 150 fighter pilots were killed or put out of action by injuries. The training units were only able to produce about one third as many replacement pilots.
For all their courage, for all the heroic tales of the few against the many, of falling asleep in the cockpits from exhaustion the moment they landed, the pilots who flew for Britain still some times wonder how they won. The answer has determined the way nations prepare and fight wars ever since. It was a battle of bravery and grit, but it was also a battle in which - the smallest technological details assumed overwhelming significance.
The British grasped this concept, while the Germans did not.
The Germans believed there overwhelming firepower would defeat the British Air Force. They underestimated the skill of the British fighter pilots and the will of the English people to defend their
homeland against attacks.
The British were not as strong as the Germans, but they were more determined and understood the battle would be won based on taking care of all the little details to keep the planes flying.
The little details can be the difference between life and death.
John Trapp - "In war, none are permitted to err twice."
STAND FIRM TO FIGHT :13
Take up (NIV put on) - Gk. command to immediate action.
The word was used to describe the final preparations a soldier made before going into battle so ...
Series: Ephesians 6
Author: Stephen Whitney
Text: Ephesians 6:13-15
In July 1940, when Prime Minister Winston Churchill would not surrender to the Germans, Hitler ordered his air force with their 1,100 fighters and more than 1,500 bombers to attack England.
The English fighter pilots fought back bravely to defend England.
In the first month the English pilots shot down two German planes for every Royal Air Force plane lost, but still it was not enough.
A shortage of pilots was beginning to tell.
In 10 days in August, more than 150 fighter pilots were killed or put out of action by injuries. The training units were only able to produce about one third as many replacement pilots.
For all their courage, for all the heroic tales of the few against the many, of falling asleep in the cockpits from exhaustion the moment they landed, the pilots who flew for Britain still some times wonder how they won. The answer has determined the way nations prepare and fight wars ever since. It was a battle of bravery and grit, but it was also a battle in which - the smallest technological details assumed overwhelming significance.
The British grasped this concept, while the Germans did not.
The Germans believed there overwhelming firepower would defeat the British Air Force. They underestimated the skill of the British fighter pilots and the will of the English people to defend their
homeland against attacks.
The British were not as strong as the Germans, but they were more determined and understood the battle would be won based on taking care of all the little details to keep the planes flying.
The little details can be the difference between life and death.
John Trapp - "In war, none are permitted to err twice."
STAND FIRM TO FIGHT :13
Take up (NIV put on) - Gk. command to immediate action.
The word was used to describe the final preparations a soldier made before going into battle so ...
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