Author: Cawthorne, Nigel,
Title: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
Description: Arcturus, London, 2010, 1st edn., 208pp, half tone pictorial frontis, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, oversize landscape format (8.5 x 12 inches approx.), photo pictorial paper covered boards, a pictorial record of the the bombing of Britain period between from May 1940 until October 1941, covering the main period of the Battle of Britain but also the earlier events of Dunkirk and the evacuation, and the subsequent invasion of Normandy and final victory. The monotone phorographs are mainly of good quality and although a few are familiar most are not. The landscape format lends itself to some excellent studies of the preparations for air attack and possible invasion, the sandbagging of public buildings, the use of RN's Coast Watch and Local Defence Volunteers, the salvage of war materials, training with makshift weapons, and of the battle istelf the flying men and their machines, the support personnel and their technical aids in mobilsation, the effect of bombing and the work of the civil defence and auxiliary fire service, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, very good,

Keywords: war ww2 raf luftwaffe bob home front blitz guard ldv coast watch dunkirk


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