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PUBLISHED
Oxford ; Long Island City, NY : Osprey, [2010]
©2010
©2010
DESCRIPTION
200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781846034749 (hbk.), 1846034744 (hbk.), 1846034744 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Published in association with The Imperial War Museum
Preface -- Introduction -- Fighter command -- The Luftwaffe -- Blitzkrieg: Germany's lightning strike -- Spitfire summer: the air battle for Britain -- Aftermath
Offers an in-depth assessment of the situation leading up to the summer of 1940, the strategies employed by the adversaries and the actual battle itself. Illustrated with photographs, contemporary art and posters, and accompanied by numerour accounts, this title captures the reality and the romance of a defining chapter in British history