Last of the Few
The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2011
Summary
After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler’s inevitable invasion attempt.
For the German army to be landed across the Channel, Hitler needed mastery of the skies - the RAF would have to be broken. So every day, throughout the summer, German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the southern counties. Greatly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command scrambled…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753522295 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753522292 |
| Author: | Max Arthur |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Virgin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 19mm |
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Vastly outnumbered and often less experienced than their opponents, the 2,500 young men of the Royal Air Force who fought in the Battle of Britain would be lauded by Churchill as The Few. The survivors of that campaign are now in their eighties or nineties, their ranks thinning by the year. In his new book, Last of the Few, Max Arthur brings together the voices of the living and the dead to recreate the events of July-October 1940, when vapour trails against a blue sky marked the battle to save civilisation * Daily Telegraph *Entertaining and moving … This is a brilliant introduction for anyone seeking to understand the origins and outcomes of the battle. A dramatic tale, well told * The News of the World *No one can relive the battle except the men who fought it, and here they are in a tide of telling testimony…expertly tracked down and anthologised by out foremost oral historian of war, the self0effacing Max Arthur…Read it and remember * The Daily Mail *
About The Author
Max Arthur
Max Arthur is the author of the best-selling Forgotten Voices of the Great War and Forgotten Voices of the Second World War. His book Dambusters was selected as one of The Times / WH Smith’s ‘50 Paperbacks of the Year’ for 2009.
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