Americans, Water Kent and Nat Burton, though only in 1941, long after the battle, and of course, there are no bluebirds in Europe. 'Nightingale' was written by the American Manning Sherwin and Eric Maschitz, who was of German-Silesian extraction. 'A Foggy Day' was written by George and Ira Gershwin, from New York.

So what did the authors of these great anthems, that were retrospectively added to the Battle of Britain, really have in common, apart from the fact that none was ethnically British? Well, they were all Jewish. Which delicious irony makes the great musical myths of 1940 all the more unbearable for Herr Hitler to contemplate amid eternity's inferno.

kmyers@independent.ie

Irish Independentgo with WoL.



It's bad for the spectators, bad for the players, bad for Blizzard and bad for IPL.



Once Hots is out I never want to see WoL ever again except for looking back in 5 years time at how inferior it was.

FrostedMiniWheats Profile Joined August 2010 United States 30729 Posts #5 I'll probably watch regardless (less the lineup sucks, which is unlikely with IPL). However, HotS would definitely be better. It might make a few more foreigners relevant for a period as well. More viewers I guess >_> NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs