TY - BOOK AU - Korda,Michael TI - With wings like eagles: a history of the Battle of Britain SN - 0061719714 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - HarperLuxe KW - Great Britain KW - Royal Air Force KW - History KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 KW - Aerial operations, British KW - Large type books N1 - 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 ER -