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With wings like eagles : a history of the Battle of Britain / Michael Korda.

Korda, Michael, 1933- (Author).

Summary:

An in-depth history of the Battle of Britain draws on the firsthand perspectives of pilots, ground crews, and commanders on both sides, and places the campaign against a backdrop of the political forces that shaped it.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061125355
ISBN: 0061125350
ISBN: 9780060756659
ISBN: 0060756659
Physical Description: 322 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper, [2009]
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 "The Bomber Will Always Get Through." 1 -- 2 "To England, All Eyes Were Turned. All That Has Gone Now. Nothing Has Been Done in 'the Years That the Locust Hath Eaten.'" 15 -- 3 "I Can't Understand Why Chicago Gangsters Can Have Bulletproof Glass in Their Cars, and I Can't Get It in My Spitfires!" 33 -- 4 "The Other Side of the Hill" 59 -- 5 First Act: Dunkirk and the Dowding Letter 77 -- 6 Round One: "Der Kanalkampf" 121 -- 7 Round Two: Sparring 141 -- 8 Adlerangriff, August 1940 163 -- 9 Hardest Days-August 16 Through September 15 205 -- 10 Turning Point 283.