The Battle of Britain: The Jubilee History (Penguin Classic Military History S.)

by Denis Richards (Author), Denis Richards (Author), Richard Hough (Author)

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  2001

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  The victory of the Battle of Britain ranks with Marathon and the Marne as a decisive point in history. At the end of June 1940, with Europe overrun by the Germans, the Nazi war leaders knew that RAF fighter command had to be scheduled before the invasion of Britain could take place. This is the story of the few - the young men who fought with unsurpassed courage to defeat the Luftwaffe. They came from all walks of life, including a priceless element of pilots from the commonwealth as well as vengeful young men from the occupied nations of Europe. They endured fearful losses, but their gallantry, together with that of almost superhuman efforts of the ground crews and the ordinary citizens united the British people and caused the world to marvel.

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  1990

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  This account of the Battle of Britain explains how both sides developed their air forces in the inter-war years and provides descriptions of the air fighting and insights into the controversies of the time. The authors make use of original material derived from interviews and correspondence with over 300 surviving air-crew and ground staff as well as benefitting from support from the Battle of Britain Fighter Association, the Imperial War Museum and the RAF museum. Richards has also written Royal Air Force 1939-45 and An Illustrated History of Modern Europe . Hough has previously written The Longest Battle: the War at Sea 1939-45 and is the official biographer for the Mountbatten family.

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  Hardcover
  1989

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