THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: AN EPIC CONFLICT REVISTED
Written by Christer Bergstrom
Published by Casemate
in 2015
ISBN: 9781612003474
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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: AN EPIC CONFLICT REVISTED
Written by Christer Bergstrom.
Stock no. 1823217
1st.
2015.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A thrilling account of the Battle of Britain, told from the perspective of both sides. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos, a few colour illustrations & photos. ISBN: 9781612003474. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Corners of boards lightly rubbed, Boards lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- Glossary and guide to abbreviations
- Air units of the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe in 1940
- Rank Equivalency 1940
- Luftwaffe unit abbreviations
- Time Line
- Preface
- 'Herr Reichsmarschall, I would like an outfit of Spitfires for my unit'
- The Battle of Britain in Colour
- CHAPTER : The Luftwaffe versus the Royal Air Force
- Operation 'Seelowe'
- Relations of strength
- The organisation
- The methods
- The airmen
- The commanders
- CHAPTER 2: The Aircraft
- Spitfire versus Messerschmitt 109
- Zerstorer, Hurricane och Defiant
- The bombers
- CHAPTER 3: Air Combat over the Channel
- A tentative beginning
- The 'Channel Offensive' begins
- 10-13 July: The most glorious days in the history of the RAF'
- 19-20 July: Fighter Command is strengthened
- 'We shall not stop fighting till freedom, for ourselves and others, is secured'
- 24-29 July: the Battle hardens
- CHAPTER 4: The great battle
- 8 August 1940
- 11 August 1940
- 12 August 1940
- 13 August 1940
- CHAPTER 5: A struggle of life and death
- 14 August 1940
- 15 August 1940
- 16 August 1940
- 18 August 1940
- CHAPTER 6: The critical period
- New Directives
- 24 August 1940
- 25 August 1940
- 26 August 1940
- 28 August 1940
- 29 August 1940
- 30 August 1940
- 31 August 1940
- 1 September 1940
- 2 September 1940
- 3 September 1940
- 4-6 SeptemBer 1940
- CHAPTER 7: 'London's Burning'
- 7 September 1940
- 8 September 1940
- 9 September 1940
- 10 September 194010
- 11 September 1940
- 12-14 September 1940
- 15 September 1940: Battle of Britain Day
- CHAPTER 8: A change of direction
- 16-20 September: new directives
- A stronger RAF
- 27-30 September: Catastrophe for the Luftwaffe
- CHAPTER 9: The time of the fighter aces
- Fighter-bombers
- The great fighter combats
- Retaliation
- Fatigue
- The End
- CHAPTER 10: The victors and the defeated
- The men and women of the battle
- APPENDICES
- Sources
- Notes
- Index