The Battle of Britain

by Bowyer, Michael J. F.

• ISBN13: 9780859791472
• ISBN10: 0859791475
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-15
• Publisher: Crecy Pub

Summary

Clear blue skies laced white with vapour trails of fighting aircraft...petrol-filled beer bottles in the garden shed to repel the panzers...streets deserted when the Prime Minister was on the wireless...radar screens picking up German fighters and bombers approaching the English coast...

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements and suggestions for further reading	p. 7
Abbreviations	p. 9
The hard life	p. 10
War? What war?	p. 28
The fight for Norway	p. 48
Au revoir, Paris	p. 61
What's going on?	p. 95
When church bells ring	p. 108
Take it easy - just four days	p. 113
It's the Battle of Britain - official	p. 137
Death by attrition	p. 151
No, you can't go to the seaside this year	p. 170
Deutschland Uber Alles	p. 189
How dare you bomb London?	p. 213
Approaching the climax	p. 238
Is London burning?	p. 271
Are they coming yet, Dad?	p. 288
Battle of Britain Day, 1940	p. 303
You've forgotten us	p. 317
Safer at night	p. 329
Nightmare visitations	p. 355
Serial numbers of aircraft flown during operations	p. 387
High-scoring RAF fighter pilots, 1 July-31 October 1940	p. 395
Pilots and aircrew of Fighter Command killed in action during the Battle	p. 398
RAF personnel casualties 1 July-31 October 1940	p. 399
Main night attacks on British Cities 14 November-29 December 1940	p. 401
Tonnage of bombs dropped on the United Kingdom	p. 406
Estimate of the number of bombs dropped - British figures	p. 407
Strength and Availability of Allied Aircraft 10 May 1940	p. 408
Battle of Britain Treasures	p. 416
Select index	p. 421
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