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Author Korda, Michael, 1933-

Title With wings like eagles : a history of the Battle of Britain / Michael Korda.

Publication Info. New York : HarperLuxe, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Large Print Materials  LP 940.5421 KOR    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Large Print Materials  LARGE PRINT 940.5421 KORDA    Check Shelf
Edition First HarperLuxe edition.
Description 437 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [427]-437).
Contents "The bomber will always get through" -- "To England, all eyes were turned. All that has gone now. Nothing has been done in 'the years that the locust hath eaten.'" -- "I can't understand why Chicago gangsters can have bulletproof glass in their cars, and I can't get it in my Spitfires!" -- "The other side of the hill" -- The first act: Dunkirk and the Dowding letter -- Round 1: "Der Kanalkampf" -- Round 2: Sparring -- Adlerangriff, August 1940 -- The hardest days: August 16 thru September 15 -- The turning point.
Subject Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
Large type books.
ISBN 0061719714
9780061719714
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