estudiar historia desde la literatura : la batalla de inglaterra

The so-called «Battle of Britain» is one of the key episodes of the Second World War due to the fact that it marks the first time that Hitler’s ambitions were slowed down in a severe way. Churchill’s resistance, and with him England’s, means the first stone of a building made of nations facing the III Reich. It is therefore a deeply significant issue to take into the classroom, and for structuring didactic strategies to help with its understanding. At this point, Literature is shown as an unbeatable area for supporting History. We should reach it, we have the possibility to take advantage from great quality literary texts which deal with these matters to illustrate historical explanations. That is the purpose of this article, to reflect about the relationship between History and Literature, to explain the «Battle of Britain» and to illustrate it providing literary texts that help us understand the situations and events in question.