BATTLE OF BRITAIN: The Hardest Day 18 AUGUST 1940
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9780354012195 |
| ISBN-10 | 0354012193 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special Features | Dust jacket |
| Condition | Very good with light scratches on dust jacket (front/back) but book in great state |
| Author(s) | Alfred Price |
| Publisher | Tbs The Book Service Ltd |
| Number of pages | 223 |
| Published date | 16/08/1979 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 16 x 24 x 2.4 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • GUERRES - BATAILLES • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE |
Description
Quite different from other books on the Battle of Britain, this is a fast-moving, intensely dramatic and entirely authentic account of the hardest-fought day of the battle when 68 British and 69 German aircraft were destroyed, a combined loss greater than on any other day.
This detailed and descriptive narrative covers the 24 hours of 18 August 1940 as seen through the eyes of scores of British and Germans who took part in the air fighting over south-eastern England, or those on the ground who became involved, unwittingly or otherwise.
Alfred Price, a leading aviation historian, spent three years of painstaking and intensive research in Great Britain and Germany to put together both sides of the story. The result, using interlocking accounts from the protagonists within a factual framework based on hitherto unpublished records from both sides, is an enthralling work of major historical importance which shatters some time-honoured myths.
Highly readable, full of human interest, well documented and well illustrated - many of the 93 photographs were taken on 18 August - this book will give the reader an entirely new insight not only into the most significant day in one of the most dramatic and important battles in British history, but also into the battle as a whole and into the very nature of air fighting.
