The Battle of Britain

Resumen del libro

Drawing on extensive new research from around the world, this is the first narrative history of the Battle of Britain to provide a complete picture of that fateful summer of 1940. Telling the story of the titanic clash between Britain and Germany from both sides, this groundbreaking work also examines, for the first time, the conflict on land, sea and at home, as well as in the air. It is the definitive version of a period of extraordinary drama, and a time in which the fate of the world truly hung by a thread

Biografía del autor

p James Holland es historiador y escritor. Es autor de numerosos libros especializados en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, como i El auge de Alemania, El contraataque Aliado, Sicilia 1943, Normandía 1944 /i y i La Gran Semana /i ; y ha creado, dirigido y presentado varios programas y series de divulgación histórica en la BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, History y Discovery. <br>