BATTLE OF BRITAIN, THE

From the award-winning author of "The Dictators", Richard Overy's "The Battle of
Britain: Myth and Reality" is the best introduction available to a defining mom
ent in British history. The extraordinary struggle between British and German ai
r forces in 1940 was one of the pivotal events of the Second World War. How clos
e did Britain really come to invasion during this time? What were Hitler and Chu
rchill's motives? And what was the battle's real effect on the outcome of the wa
r? "It is harder to imagine a sounder and more succinct account of the Battle of
Britain".