This is the story of one single day in the Battle of Britain. Sunday 18 August 1940 saw the Luftwaffe launch three major air assaults on Britain and the events of that day changed the destiny of the war. Alfred Price gives a compelling minute-by-minute account of that hardest day as experienced by those involved – RAF and Luftwaffe aircrew, behind-the-scenes planners and strategists, and members of the public above whose towns and villages the battle was waged. The author’s exhaustive research was indeed timely because many of those he interviewed during the 1970s are no longer alive.
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This is the story of one single day in the Battle of Britain. Sunday 18 August 1940 saw the Luftwaffe launch three major air assaults on Britain and the events of that day changed the destiny of the war. Alfred Price gives a compelling minute-by-minute account of that hardest day as experienced by those involved – RAF and Luftwaffe aircrew, behind-the-scenes planners and strategists, and members of the public above whose towns and villages the battle was waged. The author’s exhaustive research was indeed timely because many of those he interviewed during the 1970s are no longer alive.
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Dr Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in the RAF until 1974. Since then he has been a full-time aviation historian and writer, and is acknowledged as a leading authority on the Spitfire. He is co-author of the Haynes Spitfire Manual.
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This review is from: The Hardest Day: The Battle of Britain: 18 August 1940 (Hardcover)
The hardest fought day of the Battle of Britain was 18 August 1940 with over 130 British and German aircraft destroyed. No other BoB day would witness such losses. In 1979 Macdonald and Jane's Publishers released Dr. Alfred Price's wonderfully-researched, evocative book detailing THE HARDEST DAY. In 2010, the 70th anniversary of the BoB, Haynes Publishing turned out this reprint edition. Regardless of the edition, THE HARDEST DAY, BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 18 AUGUST 1940 is a classic.
Price's book, based on extensive documentary research and interviews with surviving British and German BoB participants, recounts the three major attacks undertaken on 18 August by the Luftwaffe and the resulting air combats. By days' end, 236 aircraft had been shot down or damaged in the air or on the ground, various targets in England had been hit and hundreds of military personnel and civilians had been killed or wounded. THE HARDEST DAY brings those dry statistics to life, recounting the various experiences of men, women and children during the day. Photographs, maps, charts and diagrams help produce a full accounting of the day's events. The Haynes edition differs only from the 1979 version in the inclusion of a delightful 'How This Book Came To Be Written' chapter. Though it is obviously dated in the light of fresh research since 1979, THE HARDEST DAY is still a compelling and well-written account of one momentous day in that long-ago, epic air battle. Price's book is a must-have for any serious air combat enthusiast. Recommended.
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