THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Ristampato in brossura in collaborazione con l’Imperial War Museum di Londra per celebrare il 75° anniversario della Battaglia d’Inghilterra questo volume, interamente illustrato, che fornisce una analisi degli avvenimenti  immediatamente precedenti i combattimenti, delle decisioni strategiche prese dai comandanti tedeschi e dello sviluppo delle armi tecnologicamente avanzate che cambiarono drammaticamente il combattimento aereo.

In 1940 Britain was an island under siege. The march of the Nazi war machine had been unrelenting: France and Belgium had quickly fallen and now the British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone to counter the grave threat. However, their fate would not be decided by armies of millions but by a small band of fighter pilots. It was on their shoulders that Britain's best chance of survival rested. Above the villages and cities, playing fields and market towns, the skies of southern England were the scene of countless dogfights as the fledgling Fighter Command duelled daily against the might of the Luftwaffe. The Battle of Britain offers an in-depth assessment of the situation leading up to the summer of 1940, the strategies employed by the adversaries and the brutal aerial battle itself. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, contemporary art and posters, and accompanied by numerous first-hand accounts, this is a volume that captures the reality of a defining chapter in British history.