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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperLuxe, c2009.Edition: 1st HarperLuxe edDescription: 437 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0061719714
  • 9780061719714
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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: Aug 16 thru Sep 15 -- The turning point.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print NonFiction 940.5421 K84 Available water damage on bottom corner of pages 33111006331389
Total holds: 0

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"[With Wings Like Eagles is] bold and refreshing... Korda writes with great elegance and flair."--Wall Street Journal

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ike and Horse People, Michael Korda, comes With Wings Like Eagles, the harrowing story of The Battle of Britain, one of the most important battles of World War II. In the words of the Washington Post Book World, "With Wings Like Eagles is a skillful, absorbing, often moving contribution to the popular understanding of one of the few episodes in history ... to deserve the description 'heroic.'"

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-437).

"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: Aug 16 thru Sep 15 -- The turning point.

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