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The Battle of Britain : the greatest battle in the history of air warfare

By Townshend , Richard; Bickers; Richard

Book information

Publisher
Pavilion Books;Batsford
Year
2015
ISBN
978-1-849943-16-1, 1849943168
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1966754 bytes)
Series
Classic conflicts
Pages
\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.;World War1939-1945 -- Great Britain.;Military operations1940.;World WarAerial.;Great Britain.Battle ofBritainGreat Britain

Description

Overview: By the summer of 1940, the overwhelming might of the German air force had triumphed over Poland, Norway, France, Holland and Belgium. As the fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe amassed on the north west coast of Europe, they had no reason to believe that the heavily outnumbered squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF) would prove any more difficult to overcome than their earlier opponents. However, these illusions of invulnerability were soon to be shattered in whirling combats over southern England in the conflict that would be known as the Battle of Britain.

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