'A notable account of an epic human experience'Max Hastings,Sunday Times'Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war'Sir Winston Churchill,speech to the House of Commons,18 June 1940The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force and aggression that no-one could counter. Within weeks the German armies were at the French coast and looking across at Britain. It seemed impossible that she would be able to resist invasion.Between the Nazis and glory stood an apparently fragile defence,but the men and women of Fighter,Bomber and Coastal Commands and the Royal Navy would not be cowed. Their heroics that summer would go down in history.In The Battle of Britain for the first time,James Holland tells this most epic of stories from a 360° perspective - when the fate of the world truly hung by a thread.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9780552156103Number of pages: 928Weight: 700 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 48 mm
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Holland is excellent on telling detail... This is a notable account of an epic human experience,told with the informality and enthusiasm that distinguish Holland's work... If the story is familiar,Holland tells it with authority and exuberant panacheHolland is one of a new generation of historians who were born long after the war but who bring to the subject a freshness and proper spirit of enquiry. A great achievementExcellent on all the technicalities of the conflict... full of lively pen portraits and unusual insightsStuffed with personal accounts that drive the narrative along at a cracking paceAmbitious and comprehensive... the pace never flags as the narrative ranges effortlessly from the cockpit of the Spitfire to the gallery of the House of Commons
James Holland
James Holland is a British historian,novelist and broadcaster. He specialises in the military encounters of World War II,and his work has drawn plaudits for its humanity. Holland has also written war-related novels for both adults and children.
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