- Publisher: Osprey
- Year: 2015
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 200pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 200x246mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.7kg
- ISBN: 9781472808721
- Product code: 512599
The Battle of Britain
New Paperback Illustrated
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First-hand accounts, contemporary photographs and period ephemera, such as propaganda posters and facsimile documents, help to tell the story of this pivotal period of the Second World War. The book gives a comprehensive assessment of the military situation leading up to the Battle as well as examining the strategies employed by both sides and describing how the conflict unfolded in the summer and autumn of 1940.
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In 1940 Britain was an island under siege. The march of the Nazi war machine had been unrelenting: France and Belgium had quickly fallen and now the British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone to counter the grave threat. However, their fate would not be decided by armies of millions but by a small band of fighter pilots. It was on their shoulders that Britain's best chance of survival rested. Above the villages and cities, playing fields and market towns, the skies of southern England were the scene of countless dogfights as the fledgling Fighter Command duelled daily against the might of the Luftwaffe. The Battle of Britain offers an in-depth assessment of the situation leading up to the summer of 1940, the strategies employed by the adversaries and the brutal aerial battle itself. 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.
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First-hand accounts, contemporary photographs and period ephemera, such as propaganda posters and facsimile documents, help to tell the story of this pivotal period of the Second World War. The book gives a comprehensive assessment of the military situation leading up to the Battle as well as examining the strategies employed by both sides and describing how the conflict unfolded in the summer and autumn of 1940.
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