Battle Of Britain
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against the full might of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe, and the fate of the free world hung on the courage of a few hundred RAF pilots fighting in the skies above southern England. Battle of Britain by Leonard Mosley presents the combined story behind Harry Saltzman's legendary film production and the supremely dramatic real-world events of 1940, weaving together the cinematic epic with the breathtaking historical record that inspired it. Mosley chronicles the strategic brilliance and desperate improvisation of Fighter Command, the sacrifices of the Few, and the political machinations on both sides of the Channel that shaped one of history's most pivotal confrontations, illustrated with sixteen pages of vivid full-colour photographs. Mosley, a seasoned war correspondent and acclaimed popular historian, brings a journalist's eye for detail and a storyteller's instinct for drama to this gripping account, grounding grand historical forces in the human experiences of the pilots, commanders, and civilians who lived through the ordeal. His authoritative yet accessible prose places the reader in the cockpit and the operations room alike, making the strategic and the personal inseparable. For anyone drawn to the defining moments of the Second World War, this volume raises an enduring question: just how close did the world come to a very different outcome?
Author: Leonard Mosley
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against the full might of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe, and the fate of the free world hung on the courage of a few hundred RAF pilots fighting in the skies above southern England. Battle of Britain by Leonard Mosley presents the combined story behind Harry Saltzman's legendary film production and the supremely dramatic real-world events of 1940, weaving together the cinematic epic with the breathtaking historical record that inspired it. Mosley chronicles the strategic brilliance and desperate improvisation of Fighter Command, the sacrifices of the Few, and the political machinations on both sides of the Channel that shaped one of history's most pivotal confrontations, illustrated with sixteen pages of vivid full-colour photographs. Mosley, a seasoned war correspondent and acclaimed popular historian, brings a journalist's eye for detail and a storyteller's instinct for drama to this gripping account, grounding grand historical forces in the human experiences of the pilots, commanders, and civilians who lived through the ordeal. His authoritative yet accessible prose places the reader in the cockpit and the operations room alike, making the strategic and the personal inseparable. For anyone drawn to the defining moments of the Second World War, this volume raises an enduring question: just how close did the world come to a very different outcome?