An edition of The hardest day, 18 August 1940 (1980)

The hardest day, 18 August 1940

Battle of Britain

1st American ed.
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An edition of The hardest day, 18 August 1940 (1980)

The hardest day, 18 August 1940

Battle of Britain

1st American ed.
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On Sunday, 18 August 1940, the Luftwaffe launched three major air assaults against targets in southern England. In the course of these and numerous smaller actions, 100 German and 136 British aircraft were destroyed or damaged in the air or on the ground. On no other day during the battle of Britain would either side suffer a greater number of aircraft put out of action. This book describes the events of that 24-hour period. - Introduction.

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Pages
246

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The hardest day, 18 August 1940: Battle of Britain
1980, Charles Scribner's Sons
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Author's note
Prologue
Sunday 18 August 1940
The lunchtime engagement
The Stukas strike
The weather the victor
18 August summed up
What the papers said
With hindsight
Postscript : How this book came to be written
The witnesses
Appendixes. Equivalent ranks
Aircraft strengths and locations of units of Air Fleets 2, 3 and 5 and the Luftwaffe High Command Reconnaissance Gruppe, 17 August 1940
Aircraft strengths and locations of units of Fighter Command, 17 August 1940
Luftwaffe intelligence appreciation of Fighter Command, 17 August 1940
British combat losses, 18 August 1940
German combat losses, 18 August 1940

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [197]-198.
Includes index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/21
Library of Congress
D756.5.B7 P74 1980

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xv, 246 p., [18] leaves of plates
Number of pages
246
Dimensions
22 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4432742M
Internet Archive
hardestday18augu00pric
ISBN 10
0684165031
LCCN
79067779
Library Thing
1148370
Goodreads
1690015

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