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Spitfire Summer
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Author : Terrance Dicks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Spitfire Summer written by Terrance Dicks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Ghost stories categories.
Spitfire Summer
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Author : Malcolm Brown
language : en
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Release Date : 2020-04-30
Spitfire Summer written by Malcolm Brown and has been published by Andre Deutsch this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with categories.
Endorsed by the Imperial War Museum, this is a comprehensive history of Spitfire Summer, featuring dramatic first-hand accounts from Battle of Britain pilots.
Spitfire Summer
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Author : Peter Haining
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Spitfire Summer written by Peter Haining and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 categories.
Spitfire Summer
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Author : James Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Spitfire Summer written by James Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.
Spitfire Summer
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Author : Malcolm Brown
language : en
Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
Release Date : 2000
Spitfire Summer written by Malcolm Brown and has been published by Carlton Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Spitfire Summer
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Author : Malcolm Brown
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Release Date : 2013-04
Spitfire Summer written by Malcolm Brown and has been published by ReadHowYouWant this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04 with History categories.
In the summer of 1940 Britain stood alone as Nazi Germany was swiftly tightening its grip on Europe. Hitler's forces appeared to be invincible, having swept through Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. Invasion seemed inevitable as the Fuhrer's eyes turned to Britain, isolated against the might of fascism. But Hitler reckoned without the indomitable will and spirit of the British people and their leader, Winston Churchill. ''Spitfire Summer'' is the story of that extraordinary time: packed full of unique material and first - hand accounts from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, it tells of the men and women who won the Battle of Britain in that fateful summer, at home and in the air. This edition also features an audio CD with first - hand dramatic accounts of the summer of the Spitfire.
Sam S Spitfire Summer
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Author : Ian MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Eprint
Release Date : 2008-01
Sam S Spitfire Summer written by Ian MacDonald and has been published by Eprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01 with Adventure stories categories.
When Sam is evacuated, he might as well be going to the Moon. Ten year old Sam watches the familiar sight of London Tower disappear in a cloud of steam as he sets off on a journey to the unfamiliar world of country cottages, farmyard animals and a hostile welcome at the village school.
Battle Of Britain West Sussex
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Author : Eddy Greenfield
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2021-11-30
Battle Of Britain West Sussex written by Eddy Greenfield and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-30 with categories.
By July 1940, Britain stood alone in Europe. Hitler's troops had reached the French coast after storming their way across northern Europe and, following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in June, it was assumed that the next battle of the Second World War would be fought on the beaches of southern England. The fear of German forces launching an invasion that summer was very real, and all that stood between Britain and Hitler was the English Channel. Almost every generation of Sussex men and women had learnt to live with the threat of attack from across the water. This time, though, the threat came not just from the sea but also from the sky and for the first time in history a battle would be fought, and won, almost exclusively in the air - for their invasion to succeed, the Germans needed to achieve air supremacy over both the Channel and the beaches of the south-east. Throughout July 1940 the Luftwaffe's attacks intensified, with the 10th now being considered the first day of the Battle of Britain. When Goring's aircraft launched their assault on the United Kingdom, many parts of the country found themselves quite literally on the front line - and no more so than the county of West Sussex. Drawing extensively on records held in local and national archives, Eddy Greenfield provides a detailed and comprehensive day-by-day account of activity in and over West Sussex throughout the campaign from 10 July to 31 October 1940. It is not only a story of how the RAF and other defenders battled the Luftwaffe's relentless onslaught, but also how the residents in the county's towns and villages played their own part in the national war effort.
Battle Of Britain The Gathering Storm
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Author : Dilip Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2023-07-31
Battle Of Britain The Gathering Storm written by Dilip Sarkar and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with History categories.
Dilip Sarkar has studied the Battle of Britain period for a lifetime and is renowned for his meticulous research and evidence-based approach, setting events within the broadest possible context. In doing so, he has helped enrich our appreciation and understanding of the past. In this, the first of a new seven volume series on the Battle of Britain, we have the background to the aerial conflict of the summer of 1940 revealed in great detail and told comprehensively as never before. No stone has been left unturned, no angle unexplored. This meticulous approach the research, combined with the human stories and events, many revealed for the first time, tells what Dilip calls ‘the Big Story’. The development of air power, the creation of Britain’s defenses, the German side, the Home Front and political events are all covered – and much more. After considering the background threads prior to the outbreak of war in 1939, this book then describes the developing conflict on land, sea and in the air. The German invasion of Norway, the Fall of France and the air fighting over Dunkirk are all explored, along with Hitler’s actual preferred policy towards Britain, which at first was one of blockade – not invasion. The author, with justification, questions the validity of the Battle of Britain’s official start-date being 10 July 1940, evidencing the fact that the fighting actually began eight days earlier. From that date onwards, a day-by-day, hour-by-hour, account of the fighting is provided, giving due recognition to those aircrew lost or wounded before 10 July 1940, and whose names are not, therefore, found amongst ‘The Few’. Due accord is also given to the Royal Navy, and efforts of both Bomber and Coastal commands, emphasizing just what a ‘big’ story this actually is – far from simply concerning a handful of Spitfire and Hurricane pilots. Through diligent research with crucial official primary sources and personal papers, Dilip unravels many myths, often challenging the accepted narrative. This is not, however, simply another dull record of combat losses and claims, far from it. Drawing upon unique first-hand accounts from a wide-range of combatants and eyewitnesses, along with the daily Home Intelligence Reports and the papers of politicians such as Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano, this really is an unprecedented approach to understanding the build-up to and times of the Battle of Britain.
Dornier Do 17 In The Battle Of Britain
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Author : Chris Goss
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2023-01-24
Dornier Do 17 In The Battle Of Britain written by Chris Goss and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-24 with History categories.
During Britain’s desperate struggle for survival that in the summer of 1940, the Dornier Do 17 played a prominent part in raids designed at neutralizing the RAF’s ability to resist and the British people’s will to fight back. Having been built to outrun contemporary fighters when introduced into the Luftwaffe in 1937, it had become the Luftwaffe’s main light bomber, and for the attack against Britain, three bomber wings, KG 2, KG3 and KG77, were equipped with the Do 17. But by 1940, the Do 17 was nearing obsolescence and, with its weak defensive armament, it fell prey to Fighter Command’s Hurricanes and Spitfires. Its vulnerability was starkly revealed on 18 August 1940, when eight Dorniers were shot down and nine damaged in attacks on RAF Kenley, and on 15 September – Battle of Britain Day – when twenty were shot down and a further thirteen damaged. On that day, Sergeant Ray Holmes rammed his Hurricane into a Do 17 that was reportedly aiming for Buckingham Palace. Part of the bomber’s wreckage fell to earth near Victoria Station. In this comprehensive pictorial record of the Do 17, the bomber’s role throughout the period of the Battle of Britain is displayed in the author’s unique collection of British and German photographs. These photographs, coupled with first-hand stories from those who flew and those who fought against the Do 17, bring those desperate days and dark nights back to life in the manner which only contemporary images and accounts can achieve.