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The victory of the Battle of Britain ranks with Marathon and the Marne as a decisive turning point in history. This book, written specially for the general reader, gives vivid descriptions of the fighting in the air and provides the essential background to the battle with a full explanation of the development of British and German air forces in the 1930's. The authors provide fresh insights into the many controversies surrounding the Battle of Britain. Illustrated throughout, the book was written with the full support of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association, the Air Historical Branch of the Ministry of Defence, the Imperial War Museum and the RAF Museum at Hendon. It is the official Jubilee History of the Battle of Britain.
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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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Richard Hough's best-known books include THE LONGEST BATTLE: THE WAR AT SEA 1939-45 and best-selling biographies of both Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife, Edwina. He flew fighters and fighter-bombers from 1941 and 1945. Denis Richards is well known as an air historian for his three volume official history THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945. He is the author of AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE which is now in it's seventh edition with sales approaching one million copies.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0141390824
- ISBN 13 9780141390826
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages480
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