Buy this book on-line HOUGH**, RICHARD & RICHARDS**, DENIS: : THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: THE JUBILEE HISTORY.**LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1989. ISBN 0340429038.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price -clip to dw/dj.Colour,pictorial illustrated front/upper wrap with blue/ white photographic rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges,upper board's top corner has a small closed tear.Head of spine/backstrip lightly chipped/rubbed with light creasing,foot of same minimally bumped with minimal reciprocal creases.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and lightly spotted/ foxed and very,very lightly aged,fore-edge lightly aged and minisculely marked,contents though,are bright,tight and very clean.Unblemished,plain blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and blue+white photographic endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,vi-xviipp+ 413pp includes half-title+title pages, contents+illustrations lists, abbreviations list,authors' preface,23 chapters in 3 Pts,32pp profuse contemporary b/w photographs,8pp contemporary colour illustrations+
photographs,7 b/w maps,9 b/w line illustrations,appendices(I-XII),source references and an index.
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 Western Europe overrun by the Germans,the Nazi war
leaders knew that the RAF Fighter Command had to be subdued before the invasion of Britain could take place.They set about this destruction early in July with a magnificent and experienced bomber force, and a fighter arm superior in numbers,and
at least equal in quality to Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding's fighter squadrons.
Twelve weeks later the heart had gone out of the German air assault.In another four weeks the Battle of Britain was officially
over, and Western civilisation still retained its toe-hold in Europe.
Denis Richards,co-author of the official
history of RAF operations in WW2,and Richard Hough,the historian and biographer,have collaborated to write this
magnificent new account for the general reader; as well as offering vivid descriptions of the air fighting,it explains with great authority how both sides developed their air forces in the inter-war years,a necessary prelude to a true understanding of the Battle itself.
It provides fresh insights into the controversies of the time and makes use of
original material derived from interviews and correspondence with over three hundred surviving air-crew and ground staff.High above the warm summer fields,Churchill's 'few' fought with unsurpassed courage and skill.The air-crews,including the priceless element of pilots from the Commonwealth as well as vengeful young men
from the overrun nations of Europe, suffered inevitable and dreadful losses.
But this prolonged battle in the skies could only have been won with the unremitting support of thousands of citizens on the ground.The Battle was a national crusade that united the British people and was followed with awe and deep anxiety by the Western world.The book has many illustrations in colour and b/w, including reproductions of paintings by distinguished war artists,which catch the
spirit of the time,and is well documented
with maps,charts,details of formations and a day-by-day chronology.See also2051.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial illustrated front/upper wrap with blue/white photographic rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - though top two corners minisculely bumped with miniscule creasing and rubbing.Top edge minimally dust-soiled and very,very lightly aged,fore-edge lightly aged and minimally thumbed; contents though,are bright,tight and near pristine.Unblemished plain blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and blue+ white photographic endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xviipp+413pp includes half-title+title pages,contents+ illustrations lists,abbreviations list, authors' preface,23 chapters in 3 Pts,32pp profuse contemporary b/w photographs,8pp contemporary colour illustrations+ photographs,7 b/w maps,9 b/w line illustrations,appendices (I-XII),source references and an index.
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 Western Europe overrun by the Germans,the Nazi war leaders knew that the RAF Fighter Command had to be subdued before the invasion of Britain could take place.They set about this destruction early in July with a magnificent and experienced bomber force,and a fighter arm superior in numbers,and at least equal in quality to Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding's fighter squadrons.
Twelve weeks later the heart had gone out of the German air assault.In another four weeks the Battle of Britain was officially over,and Western civilisation still retained its toe-hold in Europe.
Denis Richards,co-author of the official history of RAF operations in WW2,and Richard Hough,the historian and biographer,have collaborated to write this magnificent new account for the general reader;as well as offering vivid descriptions of the air fighting,it explains with great authority how both sides developed their air forces in the inter-war years,a necessary prelude to a true understanding of the Battle itself.It provides fresh insights into the controversies of the time and makes use of original material derived from interviews and correspondence with over three hundred surviving air-crew and ground staff.High above the warm summer fields,Churchill's 'few' fought with unsurpassed courage and skill.The air-crews,including the priceless element of pilots from the Commonwealth as well as vengeful young men from the overrun nations of Europe, suffered inevitable and dreadful losses. But this prolonged battle in the skies could only have been won with the unremitting support of thousands of citizens on the ground.The Battle was a national crusade that united the British people and was followed with awe and deep anxiety by the Western world.The book has many illustrations in colour and b/w, including reproductions of paintings by distinguished war artists,which catch the spirit of the time,and is well documented with maps,charts,details of formations and a day-by-day chronology.
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