What James Holland thinks about aviation

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British historian and writer specialising in the Second World War, author of the War in the West series and co-host of the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk.

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1. 24 May 2025

   Our readingBritain out-produced Germany in single-engine fighters right through the Battle of Britain, by two to one even in the Germans' best month.

   Their wordsAnd by that time, aircraft production in Britain is massively outpacing the Germans and the best ratio that the Germans achieve in 1940s, July 1940, when the British produced 496 new Hurricanes and Spitfires, single-engine fighters, and the Germans only produced 240 single-engine fighters.

   ↗James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles | Lex Fridman Podcast #470youtube.com 20th of 27 in this recording