Alfred Price
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (360 pages)
Language
English
Description
From World War I, where we get a rare insight into the fighter operations over the fields of France, to the incredible Battle of Britain aeronautics, when the bravery of RAF fighter pilots saw off the might of the Luftwaffe, this exciting history places the reader in the cockpit during some of the greatest air battles of modern warfare. The horrifying loss of life inflicted on the Soviet Union by Hitler's Blitzkrieg offensive is explored here-more...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 pages)
Language
English
Description
During the latter half of the 1930s, the fear of a possible aerial knock-out on Great Britain became a dominating factor in the formulation of national policy. This text examines how justified these pre-war fears were in light of the Luftwaffe's capabilities in 1939 and describes the bombing attacks on Britain during the years that followed, together with the operations of the defenses to parry them. From the start, the air defenses proved able to...
Author
Series
Combat planes of World War Two volume 4
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1971
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
2 v. : ill. (some col.)
Language
English