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

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Autore principale: Korda, Michael, 1933-
Natura: Libro
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: New York : Harper, c2009.
Edizione:1st ed.
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Sommario:
  • "The bomber will always get through"
  • "To England, all eyes were turned. All that has gone now. Nothing has been done in 'the years that the locust hath eaten.'"
  • "I can't understand why Chicago gangsters can have bulletproof glass in their cars, and I can't get it in my Spitfires!"
  • "The other side of the hill"
  • The first act : Dunkirk and the Dowding letter
  • Round One : "Der Kanalkampf"
  • Round Two : Sparring
  • Adlerangriff, August 1940
  • The hardest days : August 16 through September 15
  • The turning point.