Question

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

-Winston Churchill

What is the meaning of this quote?

Answer 1

sobriquet. ... "In a speech honoring the airmen waging the Battle of Britain -- `Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few,' he (Churchill) said, coining the sobriquet ('the Few') by which the RAF pilots would forever be known."

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Answer 2

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many (the free world (or maybe the UK) at the time)to so few (the young pilots of the RAF (he meant fighter command (my take) and not bomber command (and maybe coastal but not too sure) also played a significant part.

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