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.