THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Written by Richard Hough, Denis Richards
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
in 1989
ISBN: 0340429038
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Written by Richard Hough, Denis Richards.
Stock no. 1205354
1st.
1989.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Jubilee History of the Battle of Britain. B/w photos. 413 pages. ISBN: 0340429038.
Front cover
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