[Homer_J_Simpson]

I forget the name of the British Air Marshall, who, IMHO, actually “won” the Battle of Britain. months before it began, when he refused to allow the fighter squadrons to be deployed to France. He knew the western front was lost, and he told Churchill, that if he was ordered to send the fighters to france, he would resign.

I don't know about the threat to resign, but it was Hugh Dowding who told Churchill what the bottom line was regarding the minimum number of fighters required to defend the home islands. Churchill got the message but he was not eternally grateful to Dowding for the reality check.

[ken5050]

The link to the letter is posted on this thread..I do recall reading somewhere’s (possibly in one Liddle-Hart’s books) that Dowding TOLD Winston that he’d quit....though it was not put in writing per se..