- 144 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
In this new pictorial history from Philip Kaplan, the perspectives of both RAF and Luftwaffe airmen are considered within the wider context of one of the most iconic and pivotal conflicts of modern history. The Blitz, primarily the bombing of London and the major cities of Britain by the German Air Force, lasted for fifty-seven nights from September 1940 into May 1941. Life under the bombing; the perspectives of German and British airmen; the experience of sheltering in the London Underground; first-hand accounts of the horror by survivors left behind; all these voices are consolidated to great effect, providing a suitable commentary to the rare archive photography on display.Accounts and photographs of some of the most notable participants caught up in the proceedings include; Al Deere, Geoffrey Page, Brian Kingcome, Peter Townsend, Bob Doe and Ginger Lacey.
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A Battle of Britain and Blitz Gallery
Messerschmitt Me 110 fighter.
Junkers Ju88 bomber.
Junkers Ju87 divebomber.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter.
Crewmembers of a Heinkel He 111 bomber.
Londoners trying to get some sleep in the tunnels of the Underground during the 1941 Blitz of the city.
Children in the Blitz on London.
German incendiary bombs started hundreds of fires across the cities of Britain in the Blitz.
Flight Lieutenant R.F. Boyd
Flight Lieutenant C.B.F. Kingcome
Wing Commander Jamie Rankin
A British commemorative stamp
Signature chalkboard of Battle of Britain pilots, from the White Hart pub at Brasted near RAF Biggin Hill.
Workers in the Castle Bromwich Spitfire plant assembling fuel tanks for the planes.
A Chain Home radar tower at Great Baddow, Essex.
A child’s ‘Mickey Mouse’ gas mask.
An editorial cartoon from the London Daily Mail of 17 September 1940.
I thought you had a winning system, Hermann!
A battle-damaged Messerschmitt Bf110 after crash-landing at its base...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Eagles
- Petertownsend
- Defenceversus Offence
- Eyewitness
- They Also Fought for Britain
- Punishingthe British
- Gallery
- It Just Stopped
- Keith Park
- The Few
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