Invasion, 1940 - Softcover

Derek Robinson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845294416 ISBN 13: 9781845294410

Publisher: Robinson Publishing M/D, 2006

Synopsis

What stopped Hitler in 1940 - why did he not attempt to invade Britain? And if he had, would he have been successful? In this fresh look at events Robinson asks questions with surprising results. The Battle of Britain alone could not have stopped the planned German invasion. The defence of the Channel by the Navy was crucial.

About this title

About the Author:

Derek Robinson is a policeman's son from a council estate who crossed the class barrier by going to Cambridge, where he got a degree in history and learned to write badly. A stint in advertising in London and New York changed that, and in 1971 he finally got it right when Goshawk Squadron was shorlisted for the Booker Prize. This novel of the Royal Flying Corps led to a sequel, Hornet's Sting, and War Story. His equally acclaimed trilogy of World War Two novels are Piece of Cake, A Good Clean Fight and Damned Good Show. His other novels include The Eldorado Network and Artillery of Lies. Derek Robinson has also published non-fiction on a variety of themes, from the laws of rugby to the nuclear tests on Christmas Island in the 1950s. His most recent book is Invasion, 1940 a revisionist history of the Battle of Britain. He lives in Bristol.

From Booklist:

Robinson's thesis is that the RAF didn't save Britain from invasion by defeating the Luftwaffe. The battle was at best a draw, and it was the advancing season and Hitler's eyes turning toward Russia that did the job. Robinson also seriously questions whether the Luftwaffe could ever have suppressed the Royal Navy sufficiently to prevent it from making effective night attacks on any invasion fleet and leaving the Germans to totter ashore in no fit state to deal with even a battered British army. Some may object that he overlooks the effect of German air superiority on the Battle of the Atlantic in British waters, yet he points out that Hitler and Goring^B were totally blind in the area of naval strategy and might not have been able to do anything with such superiority even had they gained it. A solid, well-informed, gentlemanly piece of myth busting and a useful, provocative addition to Battle of Britain literature by the author of one of the outstanding novels on the subject, Piece of Cake (1984). Roland Green
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About this edition

• Publisher: Robinson Publishing M/D
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1845294416
• ISBN 13: 9781845294410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352