The Few: Summer 1940, The Battle of Britain - Softcover

Kaplan, Philip; Collier, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841880620 ISBN 13: 9781841880624

Publisher: Seven Dials, 2001

Synopsis

"The best sort of popular military history"--Times Literary Supplement. Sixty years ago, in England's summer skies, history's greatest air battle raged. In a decisive moment, those whom Churchill so famously addressed as "the few" thwarted Hitler's planned invasion. Over 160 graphic images and riveting testimony by Allied and Luftwaffe pilots, ground crew, and civilians paint a panoramic portrait of this confrontation. Pictures of wartime locations as they were then and are now, plus vintage photos from scrapbooks and diary excerpts, provide a uniquely personal perspective.

About this title

About the Author:

Highly praised and fast-moving narrative of history in the making * Launch title in the new military history paperback collection * Published to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War II S Philip Kaplan is the co-author of The Few and an award winning art director and designer. He currently lives in Cheltenahm, Glos. Jack Currie was one of Britian's leading aviation writers. During WWII, he flew Lancaster bombers and DeHavilland Mosquitos. He died in 1996.

About this edition

• Publisher: Seven Dials
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1841880620
• ISBN 13: 9781841880624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224