The Battle of Britain Experience

Resumen del libro

On 18 June 1940 Churchill declared in the Commons - 'The Battle of France is over...the Battle for Britain is about to begin'. With the fall of France, Great Britain was Hitler's last remaining stepping-stone to European domination. In July Hitler told his commanders to prepare for the invasion of England.

To do this they would have to destroy the RAF - Britain's last line of defence. As such the Battle of Britain was without doubt one of, if not the, most important victories in British history. At the end of it Hitler cancelled all plans to invade England and the Allies maintained a European stronghold from which to launch the eventual operation to recapture mainland Europe.

This book is the story of that battle: the machines which took to the air; the tactics employed by each side; gripping accounts of the action; the people who took part from the Commanders, to the pilots to ground crew and plotters. Fascinating facsimile documents brings this great battle to life as never before. Documents to provisionally include: Churchill's notes for his famous 'never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'; the order and plans for Germany's invasion of Great Britain - Operation 'Sealion; and, log books of pilots who flew in the Battle.

Biografía del autor

Richard Overy es profesor de Historia en la Universidad de Exeter y uno de los historiadores ingleses más reconocidos. Es miembro de la British Academy y de la European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Entre sus numerosos títulos, Tusquets ha publicado también Dictadores (un excepcional paralelismo entre Hitler y Stalin) ganador en 2005 del Wolfson Prize.