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Text and captioned photographs recount the air war over Britain in 1940. Examines the personalities involved, the weaponry, and the tactics of both sides.

Describes the three-month German bombing of Great Britain in 1940 by the Luftwaffe, the errors made by the Germans, and the courage of the British flyers and the public.

This book explores the strategies, technology, and long-term consequences of the Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force's air battle against the German Luftwaffe in 1940.

A fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz. On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold the country together and persuade President Franklin...

Michael Korda takes the reader back to the summer of 1940, when fewer than 3000 young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force--often no more than 900 on any given day--stood between Hitler and victory. Korda traces the entire complex web of political, diplomatic, scientific, industrial, and human decisions during the 1930s that led inexorably to the world's first, greatest, and most decisive air battle. He deftly interweaves the critical strands of...

"The summer of 1940 was supposed to be the beginning of the end of Britain. Europe had fallen to Hitler's storm troops with terrifying speed, and once the Royal Air Force was destroyed, Britain was next. But that was precisely where the Nazis stumbled. For 123 days, while Hermann Goering sent wave after wave of Luftwaffe fighters to rain down fire on Britain, three thousand RAF airmen fought back with a ferocity and agility that stunned the world. Now...

An in-depth retelling of the Battle of Britain, in which the fate of the world lay on the shoulders of the pilots of the Royal Air Force.

Former RAF ace chronicles the growth of the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe and their decisive engagements during the Battle of Britain in 1940.