THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Richard Hough, Denis Richards
Published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc.
in 2005
ISBN: 0393307344
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Richard Hough, Denis Richards.
Stock no. 1708494
1st thus.
2005.
Softcover.
Nearly fine condition.
Card wraps. 413 Pages. ISBN: 0393307344.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations and Code-Names Used in Text
- Preface
- Carnage at Noon
- PART ONE: BEFORE THE BATTLE
- 1 No Longer an Island
- 2 Groundwork
- 3 The Bomber Won't Always Get Through
- 4 Late Spurt
- 5 Bonus of Time
- 6 Surviving the Storm
- 7 Battle Order
- PART TWO: THE BATTLE
- 8 British Day One: 10 July 1940
- 9 Channel Fight: 11 July - 11 August
- 10 Clearing the Way: 12 August
- 11 Eagle Day - and After: 13-14 August
- 12 Enter - and Exit - Luftflotte 5: 15 August
- 13 The Assault Continues: 16 August
- 14 Respite and Re-engagement: 17-18 August
- 15 Desperate Days: 19 August - 6 September
- 16 Strategic Turning Point
- 17 The New Target: 7 September
- 18 'Ominous Quiet!": 8-14 September
- 19 'the odds were great: our margins small: the stakes infinite: 15 September
- 20 The Scent of Victory: 16-30 September
- 21 The Battle Fades October
- PART THREE: AFTER THE BATTLE
- 22 Retrospect
- 23 Scrambles
- APPENDICES
- Source References
- Acknowledgements
- Index