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Bezig met laden... Spitfire Summer When Britain Stood Alonedoor Malcolm Brown
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. In the summer of 1940 Britain stood alone as Nazi Germany was swiftly tightening its grip on Europe. Hitler's forces appeared to be invincible, having swept through Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. Invasion seemed inevitable as the Fuhrer's eyes turned to Britain, isolated against the might of fascism. But Hitler reckoned without the indomitable will and spirit of the British people and their leader, Winston Churchill. Brown combines brief historical background on each period of the early years of the war and then adds first habnd accounts from interviews, diaries, memoirs, books and other documents to give the reader a first hand account of what it was like to live in this period. Some of the chapter topics are Dunkirk, England facing Germany alone, preparing for the invasion, the battle in the skies, living through the bombing and the danger at sea. As an example of what he was trying to do, in his coverage of the air war over England he combines RAF pilots accounts of what it was like to fly against German fighters and bombers and what did the civilians on the ground see and feel at the same time. In some cases, he includes German memories too. This volume complements Philip Ziegler's "London at War" and Richard North's "The Many, Not the Few". It especially reminds me of North's book because it is also saying that the Battle was won by the participation of everyone, not just the pilots. Very readable. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In the summer 1940 Britain stood alone as Nazi Germany was swiftly tightening its grip on Europe. Hitler's forces appeared to be invincible, having swept through Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. Invasion seemed inevitable as the Führer's eyes turned to Britain, isolated against the might of fascism. But Hitler reckoned without the indomitable will and spirit of the British people and their leader, Winston Churchill. Spitfire Summeris the story of that extraordinary time: packed full of unique material and first-hand accounts from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, it tells of the men and women who won the Battle of Britain in that fateful summer, at home and in the air. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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