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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II

by Richard Hough; Denis Richards

Published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc.. 1st thus. 2005

Nearly fine condition. Card wraps. 413 Pages.

ISBN: 0393307344
Stock no. 1708494

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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

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