Product Description

* Highly praised and fast-moving narrative of history in the making * Launch title in the new military history paperback collection * Published to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War II

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #555788 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 344 pages

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Highly praised and fast-moving narrative of history in the making * Launch title in the new military history paperback collection * Published to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War II

Customer Reviews

Still the best
Although crticised elsewhere for showing its age and slight inaccuracies with regards to certain events , this has to be the most readable book on the Battle of Britain ever written. Crammed with eyewitness reports from both sides of the conflict the book fairly romps along and you feel the tension building as the climax of the battle approaches. Never getting bogged down in detail and statistics, instead, it concentrates on the 'human' experiences of those who were there, from the Messerschmitt 110 rear gunner bursting into tears after being shot down to the 'snotty' reception a crashed Spitfire pilot received after crash landing on a Golf course ! A very difficult book to put down and despite the plethora of books on the subject, this is the one you will regard as the most memorable.