churchill was determined to fight to the end. yet the country was already in a state of high alert children were evacuated from the city is. what hitler dab on london. accu. when the battle of britain began to look for restricted itself to military targets like airfields and aviation factories. from the french coast where his bombers had taken up positions girling promised hitler that he would eradicate the royal air force the r.a.f. in two or maybe three weeks. but