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"A concise, penetrating account....This stirring book inspires an admiration for British courage."—New York Times Book Review
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The book provides a wealth of information on the events of that infamous summer of 1940. [This is a text-only ebook edition.]
This is the second volume of the classified history of air defence in Great Britain.
This book contains a large number of dramatic eyewitness accounts, even as it reveals new facts that will alter perception of the battle in the public_s eyes.
With a finely-struck balance of historical background and dramatic renderings of RAF and Luftwaffe engagements over the English countryside, Hough and Richards offer a history that is at once deep and wide-ranging.
Lavishly illustrated with photographs, contemporary art and posters, and accompanied by numerous first-hand accounts, this is a volume that captures the reality of a defining chapter in British history.
This is the story Britainâ??s "finest hour," a fight for national survival that had a profound impact on servicemen and civilians alike, and ultimately proved to be a key a turning point in the course of the war.
Without denigrating the heroism of the fighter pilots, Anthony Cumming challenges the effectiveness of the Royal Air Force in 1940 and gives the Royal Navy much greater prominence than others have.