Speech hails Britain’s role in Nazi fight

POPE Benedict XVI praised Britain’s fight against the Nazis as he gave his first speech of his state visit.

The Pontiff described how the country’s war time leaders fought valiantly against Hitler’s forces during the Second World War.

“We can recall how Britain and her leaders stood against a Nazi tyranny that wished to eradicate God from society and denied our common humanity to many, especially the Jews, who were thought unfit to live.