With wings like eagles : a history of the Battle of Britain / Michael Korda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korda, Michael, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force.

Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.

World War, 1939-1945.

History.

Physical Description:

322 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (some color), map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, [2009]

Summary:

Michael Korda traces the entire complex web of political, diplomatic, scientific, industrial, and human decisions during the 1930s that led to the world's first, greatest, and most decisive air battle.

Contents:

"The bomber will always get through"

"To England, all eyes were turned. All that has gone now. Nothing has been done in 'the years that the locust hath eaten.'"

"I can't understand why Chicago gangsters can have bulletproof glass in their cars, and I can't get it in my Spitfires!"

"The other side of the hill"

The first act: Dunkirk and the Dowding letter

Round 1: "Der Kanalkampf"

Round 2: Sparring

Adlerangriff, August 1940

The hardest days: Aug 16 thru Sep 15

The turning point.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-310) and index.

ISBN:

9780061125355 :

0061125350 :

OCLC:

212893654