+ Remiel looked toward the distant installation, trying to imagine the scene when the bombs fell. “The Germans had some very good aircraft,” Joshua continued, “and their pilots were dangerous opponents. But the British had an advantage the Luftwaffe struggled to overcome: they knew when the enemy was coming. The Germans attacked several radar stations in the summer of 1940, and Ventnor was badly damaged. The British managed to restore their warning system, though, and the Luftwaffe never succeeded in blinding it for long enough to win the battle.” He turned back toward the sea. “By the time the Battle of Britain was over, the Germans had lost an enormous number of aircraft. Nearly two thousand, by some counts. The invasion was called off. Your father was not harmed, but the bombing gave him an unwelcome taste of the war.”