With wings like eagles : a history of the Battle of Britain

Korda, Michael, 1933-

Book 2009

Michael Korda takes the reader back to the summer of 1940, when fewer than 3000 young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force--often no more than 900 on any given day--stood between Hitler and victory. Korda traces the entire complex web of political, diplomatic, scientific, industrial, and human decisions during the 1930s that led inexorably to the world's first, greatest, and most decisive air battle. He deftly interweaves the critical strands of...

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ISBN:

9780061125355

Edition:

First edition

Description:

222 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

"The bomber will always get through"
"To England, all eyes were turned. All that has gone now. Nothing has been done in 'the years that the locust hath eaten.'"
"I can't understand why Chicago gangsters can have bulletproof glass in their cars, and I can't get it in my Spitfires!"
"The other side of the hill"
The first act: Dunkirk and the Dowding letter
Round 1: "Der Kanalkampf"
Round 2: Sparring
Adlerangriff, August 1940
The hardest days: Aug 16 thru Sep 15
The turning point

LCCN:

2008009293

Control Number:

170559

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