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Author:

Bungay, Stephen.

Title:

The most dangerous enemy : an illustrated history of the Battle of Britain / Stephen Bungay.

Edition:

Expanded illustrated ed.

Publisher:

Zenith Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

271 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, plans ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940--Pictorial works.

Notes:

Originally published: Aurum Press, 2000. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. Build-up -- The reason why -- The threat -- The assailant -- Air defence -- The fighters -- The bombers -- Strength for battle -- Sealion -- Eagle -- The defenders -- pt. 2. Battle -- The enemy at the gate -- The Channel : July -- The men -- The Channel : August -- The numbers game -- Eagle Day -- The greatest day -- The hardest day -- Thinking again -- Hunters and hunted -- Tactics -- Summer's lease -- The airfields -- The pilots -- London -- Battle of Britain Day -- Bluffing -- pt. 3. Aftermath -- Feuding -- The spoils of war -- Appraisal -- Meanings -- Appendix 1: Luftwaffe order of battle, 13 August 1940 -- Appendix 2: Fighter Command order of battle, 1 July 1940 -- Appendix 3: Fighter Command order of Battle, 1 September 1940.

ISBN:

0760339368 (hbk. w/jkt)
9780760339367 (hbk. w/jkt)

LCCN:

2010005630

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)