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Hitler wanted to invade England (56) could not do so until the RAF was destroyed. In August 1940 the Germans began daylight bombing against English ports and airfields and in September (57) London and other cities. The plan was to draw out the English fighters and destroy them. (58) the RAF was very small, the people of England were praying for the fighter pilots and believing (59) an English victory. The Nazis started losing a great (60) of their airplanes and changed (61) to night bombing by the end of September. The people of London were also in the front lines (62) they couldn’t fly fighters and smash the enemy planes. They had to dig quickly in cellars to (63) their friends who had been buried underneath the wreckage. They had to put out endless fires. They had to stand (64) and take whatever the enemy threw at them. People understood that Britain’s fate depended on the resolution of the common people, and those watching for fire on the roofs. This continued (65) the Nazis were finally defeated by the Allied nations.