Churchill visits the front line

11th July 1940: Churchill inspects the defences at Dover in the hope that the Luftwaffe will mount another big raid

Churchill looks out over the Channel from the subterranean defences built inside the cliff at Dover Castle, during a later visit in 1940.

Throughout the war Churchill was always keen to get close to the action. On D-Day in 1944 he had to ordered by the King not to view the landings from one of the ships offshore. The Battle of Britain was no different. I…