RAF AIRCRAFT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (CHAPMAN L)(Paperback)

RAF AIRCRAFT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (CHAPMAN L)(Paperback)

The Battle of Britain is widely considered to be Britain's finest hour. The 'Few' who so bravely fought to save the nation will not be forgotten, nor will they be around forever to recount the heroism of the summer of 1940 first-hand. In contrast, the number of restored and preserved aircraft in

Luftwaffe Fighters' Battle of Britain (Goss Chris)(Paperback)

The story of how the outnumbered RAF fought and defeated the superior Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain will always be a source of fascination. However, accounts of summer 1940 have tended to centre on the British defenders, both in the air and on the ground, whilst the story of the losing German

RAF Fighters Vs Luftwaffe Bombers: Battle of Britain (Saunders Andy)(Paperback)

A fully illustrated analysis of the desperate aerial combats between defending RAF fighters and attacking Luftwaffe bombers during the Battle of Britain, ideal for any enthusiast of aerial warfare during World War II.The Battle of Britain was a fight for survival against a seemingly unstoppable

Battle of Britain (Conyers Nesbit Roy)(Paperback / softback)

The greatest air battle in history was fought in the skies over southern England between the RAF and the Luftwaffe in the high summer of 1940.Riding high on the success of their Blitzkrieg campaign that had steamrollered France and the Low Countries into defeat, by June 1940 the Nazi forces were

Defiant: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain (Verkaik Robert)(Paperback)

'Robert Verkaik makes a revisionist case for an unsung aircraft, the Boulton Paul Defiant. This two-seat gun-turret fighter is, argues Verkaik, the forgotten fighter of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain; the effectiveness as well as the courage of its crews is overlooked in standard accounts. To

Life and Death in the Battle of Britain (Warner Carl)(Paperback)

This book offers a powerfully intimate account of the Battle of Britain, related by young pilots in their most unguarded moments, talking with their chaplain. Guy Mayfield was the Station Chaplain at the Royal Air Force's Duxford base in the summer of 1940, and his diary is full of stories told by

Luftwaffe Fighters and Bombers: The Battle of Britain (Goss Chris)(Paperback)

- The Battle of Britain (July to October 1940), one of World War II's turning points, as seen by the German attackers who ultimately lost the battle - Personal accounts from the men who flew the Messerschmitt fighters and Junkers bombers - Riveting stories of wheeling dogfights with British

A Brief History of Britain 1066 - 1485 (Vincent Nicholas)(Paperback)

From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born. When William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne of England, England's language, culture, politics and law were transformed. Over the next four hundred

Battle of Britain (Cawthorne Nigel)(Paperback / softback)

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight(Paperback / softback)

Piece of Cake (Robinson Derek)(Paperback)

From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane's cockpit, the best killers keep their wits close. Newly promoted Commanding Officer Fanny Barton has a job

Battle of Hastings (Cox Cannons Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Who was William the Conqueror and how did he invade Britain? Discover all about the Battle of Hastings, including the ships, soldiers and archers needed for William to defeat King Harold. And find out how the king's defeat changled Medieval England

Contemporary British Television Drama (Chapman James)(Paperback)

The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new style of television drama in Britain that adopts the professional practices and production values of high-end American television while remaining emphatically 'British' in content and outlook. This book analyses eight of these dramas -

Alamein (Bungay Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

El Alamein was the World War II land battle Britain had to win. This book analyses the logistics of keeping desert armies supplied with petrol and reappraises the combat strategies of Montgomery and Rommel. It ranges from the domestic political pressures on Churchill to the aerial siege of

Battle of Britain: Book 2 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War (Holland James)(Pevná vazba)

Honour Restored - The Battle of Britain, Dowding and the Fight for Freedom (Brown Sqn Ldr Peter AFC)(Paperback / softback)

Aircraft Flight - A description of the physical principles of aircraft flight (Philpott D.R.)(Paperback / softback)

Boulton Paul Defiant: An Illustrated History (Brew Alec)(Paperback)

Fighting over the beaches of Dunkirk and in the Battle of Britain, guarding the night skies during the perilous months of the Blitz, pioneering electronic countermeasures, and serving air-sea rescue roles all around our coasts, the Boulton Paul Defiant played a vital part through most of the Second

Britain's Last Invasion: The Battle of Fishguard, 1797 (Carradice Phil)(Paperback)

The history of Britain has been shaped by those who have invaded this small isle: the Romans, Vikings and Norman Conquest all molded our society and culture. Surprisingly, the last time mainland Britain was ever invaded was not Duke William's victory at Hastings in 1066 or even the Bloodless

Napoleon's Greatest Triumph: The Battle of Austerlitz (Fremont-Barnes Gregory)(Paperback)

In August 1805, Napoleon abandoned his plans for the invasion of Britain and diverted his army to the Danube Valley to confront Austrian and Russian forces in a bid for control of central Europe. The campaign culminated with the Battle of Austerlitz, regarded by many as Napoleon's greatest triumph,

Aircraft Carrier: Graf Zeppelin (Breyer Siegfried)(Paperback)

This book presents an account of the use and actions of the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, one of the primary pieces of the German navy in

Bader's Battle (Manning Mick)(Paperback)

Douglas Bader was the most famous RAF pilot of the Second World War. Find out about the fateful crash that resulted in the loss of both his legs, and how he fought back to return to the cockpit of his plane in this graphic novel by award-winning author/illustrator team Mick Manning and Brita

How the Spitfire Won the Battle of Britain (Sarkar Dilip)(Paperback)

Although there were many more Hawker Hurricanes than Supermarine Spitfires engaged in the epic conflict fought over southern England in the summer of 1940, the public's imagination was captured by the shapely and charismatic Spitfire. According to legend, however, the Hurricane executed far greater

Over to You - Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (Dahl Roald)(Paperback / softback)

During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experience as a fighter pilot, Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the