The Battle of Britain : The jubilee history
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The Battle of Britain : The jubilee history
（Penguin classics）
Penguin Books, 2001
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-394) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Before the battle: no longer an island
- groundwork
- the bomber won't always get through
- late spurt
- bonus of time
- surviving the storm
- battle order. Part 2 The battle: British day one - 10 July 1940
- Channel fight - 11 July-11 August
- clearing the way - 12 August
- Eagle Day - and after - 13-14 August
- enter -and exit - "Luftflotte" 5 - 15 August
- the assault continues - 16 August
- respite and re-engagement - 17-18 August
- desperate days -19 August-6 September
- strategic turning-point
- the new target - 7 September
- "ominous quiet!" - 8-14 September
- "the odds were great, our margins small, the stakes infinite" - 15 September
- the scent of victory - 16-30 September
- the battle fades - October. Part 3 After the battle: retrospect
- scrambles
- appendices.
by "Nielsen BookData"