Spitfire : a very British love story

Nichol, John, 1963- author.

Book 2018

"In late spring 1940, Nazi Germany's domination of Europe looked unstoppable. With the British Isles in easy reach since the fall of France, Adolf Hitler was convinced that Great Britian would be defeated in the skies over the southern coast, confident his Messerchmitts and Heinkels would outclass anything the Royal Air Force threw at them. What Hitler hadn't planned for was the agility and resilience of a marvel of British engineering that would...

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Spitfire (Fighter plane) History

World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British

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ISBN:

9781471176883
1471176886

Description:

xiii, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:

"A CBS Company."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-416) and index

Contents:

Prologue
Introduction
1. Birth of a fighter
2. The fall of France
3. The battle for Britain
4. Rhubarbs, ramrods and circuses
5. Spitfire women
6. malta
7. Dieppe, August 1942
8. North Africa
9. The relentless fight in Europe
10. Italy
11. Spitfires out East
12. A foothold in France
13. The beginning of the end
14. The last salute

LCCN:

2018404604

Control Number:

2729178

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