Battle of Britain: The Hardest Day

To reflect the awesome happenings of the momentous Battle of Britain, Alfred Price analyses just twenty-four hours in the course of this, the most significant of all air battles.
The Hardest Day offers in its well researched and readable text, its photographs (many of which were taken on 18 August 1940) and its extensive appendices, a detailed snapshot of one critical day that altered the course of history. It is seen through the eyes of scores who took part in the conflict in the skies above England, as well as many who witnessed it and its aftermath from the ground.
In 1979, when this book first appeared, it received international acclaim as a major contribution to the understanding of the Battle of Britain. Even those who lived through the actual events found new facts and had their memories renewed.


by Alfred Price
Published by Arms and Armour Press 1988 (of 1979 1st.) 223pp illustrated with b&w photos and maps, index, appendix, bibliography. 16x24 yellowed, otherwise very good, including d/j.






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