Eagle Day
The Battle of Britain (August 6 - September 15 1940)
Collier, Richard
At the centre of the story of the Battle of Britain in 1940 stand two particular days - August 13th - Eagle Day - and September 15th. On Eagle Day, the long-awaited Luftwaffe assault on the RAF went horribly wrong. A month later, on that fateful Sunday, the German planes attacked in their greatest strength, but were met with a resistance so fierce it has now become legendary.
The six weeks encompassing these two days are the subject of Richard Collier's vivid, fast-moving and highly-praised narrative. As well as the Strategie facts, he also gives numerous glimpses of the courage, morale and endeavour that were hallmarks of the Battle of Britain - Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Page, for instance, who baled out of a burning plane and suffered terrible facial damage; Red Tobin, one of a handful of American pilots, who blacked out over the sea and came to with only a thousand feet to spare; the men and women at RAF stations like Biggin Hill and Manston who endured some of the worst bombing of all; Air Chief Marshal Dowding, on whose shoulders lay an awesome responsibility; the civilians in the streets and farmers in the f ields who could only watch helplessly as stricken planes hurtled towards them; and, not least of all, the German pilots whose skill and determination so frequently ended in disaster.
Hardcover with dust jacket
256 Seiten / pages
over 100 photographs
good condition
London - Melbourne - Toronto - 1980 - J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Art.Nr. 14694
