The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain
Author: T.C.G. James
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135273987

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This is the second volume of the classified history of air defence in Great Britain. Written while World War II was still being fought, the account has an analysis of the defensive tactics of Fighter Command, and attempts a day-by-day analysis of the action as it took place.

The Royal Air Force - Volume 2

The Royal Air Force - Volume 2
Author: Ian Philpott
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2006-07-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1844153916

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Volume II of this mammoth reference work covers the years in which the League of Nations failed because of the emerging dictatorships in Germany and Italy and the expansionist policies adopted by Japan. Britain was still reeling from the consequences of World War I and the RAF was sadly far behind the other major world powers in aircraft design, still relying on bi-planes that were direct descendants of World War I thinking. It gradually became apparent that, despite UK government dithering, the RAF needed to develop new aircraft, engines and increase production to confront the bully-boy tactics of the Axis powers. As the turn of the decade approached extraordinary measures were taken to enable RAF to defend Britain's skies and this her freedom. As with Volume 1, this book covers every conceivable part of the RAF's history through these pre-War days. It looks at the development and invention of new equipment such as radar, monoplane fighters, metal construction and the heavy bomber. This was an era when science in aviation was rushing ahead and fortunately for Britain's freedom, it laid the foundations of victory in 1.945

The Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force
Author: Michael Napier
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 147282539X

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A fully illustrated history of the Royal Air Force while on operations, publishing to mark the centenary of its foundation in World War I. The world's first independent air force, the Royal Air Force celebrates its centenary in 2018. In the 100 years since the end of World War I, the service has been involved in almost continuous operations around the globe, giving the RAF the longest and most wide-ranging history of any air force in the world. But over the years this history has also become entangled with myths. The Royal Air Force: A Centenary of Operations sets the record straight, dispelling these as it uncovers – in both words and photographs – the true exploits and accomplishments of RAF personnel over the last 100 years. From its formation as an independent service in the dying days of World War I, its desperate fight against the Axis air forces in World War II, to its commitments during both the Cold War and modern times, this is the complete story of how the RAF has defended Britain for a century.

Royal Air Force 1939-45

Royal Air Force 1939-45
Author: Hilary St George SAUNDERS
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1975
Genre:
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The Growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940

The Growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940
Author: T. C. G. James
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780714651187

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This volume deals with the development of Britain's air defences during the years leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War, and the development of the system during the early period of the war, leading up to the Battle of Britain.

The War in the Air, Vol. 2

The War in the Air, Vol. 2
Author: Walter Raleigh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2017-07-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780282535421

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Excerpt from The War in the Air, Vol. 2: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air ForceSir Walter Raleigh, after he had finished correcting the proofs of the first volume, set out on a flying tour of the Middle East. At Mosul he fell sick of a fever and came home to die. The late Dr. D. G. Hogarth was appointed to the task of carrying on the history, but he was compelled, through ill-health and pressure of other work, to give it up.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Right of the Line

The Right of the Line
Author: John Terraine
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 861
Release: 2010-04-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1473817668

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Traditionally, the right of the line is the vanguard, the place of honour and greatest danger in battle. In this history of the Royal Air Force during the European War of 1939-45, John Terraine shows how the RAF, which in 1939 was small and inadequate for the task it was called upon to perform had, by the end of the war, taken up its proper position. He describes the build-up to war, the early tests in France and at Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the RAF in North Africa and the Mediterranean, the strategic air offensive over Germany and eventual victory in Europe.His best book yet The TimesJohn Terraine is a fine historian but he also believes that history should be exciting and readable The Listener