MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 05966cam 2200733 a 4500
001 ocn871349092
003 OCoLC
005 20220720224608.0
008 101004s2011 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010040646
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dE3U$dHLS$dOCLCF$dDXU$dFEM$dOCLCO$dSHM$dOCL$dMMV$dVGM$dOCLCQ$dCSA$dT7F$dOCLCO$dBRL$dRVA$dTXJDC$dOCLCO$dCNO$dSPP$dOCLCQ$dOCL$dOCLCO$dOCL$dOCLCA$dOCLCO
020 $a9780312675004
020 $a0312675003
020 $a9781250002150
020 $a125000215X
024 8 $a40019236981
035 $a(OCoLC)871349092
037 $bSt Martins Pr, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy Us Hwy 15, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (212)6745151$nSAN 631-5011
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aD756.5.B7$bH66 2011
060 4 $a940.54211 H735b
082 00 $a940.54/211$222
100 1 $aHolland, James,$d1970-
245 14 $aThe Battle of Britain :$bfive months that changed history, May-October 1940 /$cJames Holland.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2011.
300 $a677 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"First published in Great Britain by Bantam Press"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 615-651) and index.
505 0 $aMiracles. First flight ; The eve of battle ; The go-for-broke gamble ; Hook, line and sinker ; The first clash in the air ; Breakthrough ; Inside the Third Reich ; A battle against time ; The battle is lost ; Emergency measure ; Learning the lessons ; What to do for the best ; New appointments ; Decisions ; Fighter command enters the fray ; Crisis ; Black Monday ; Dunkirk : the beginning ; Dunkirk : in the balance ; Dunkirk : the middle ; Dunkirk : the end -- Respite. What next? ; The end in France ; Hitler's dilemma ; All alone ; Getting ready ; Trouble at sea : part 1 ; Bringing it all together ; Trouble at sea : part 2 ; Crooked leg -- Kanalkampf. First combat ; Peace offerings ; The besieged ; Hotting up ; Bombs on Germany, Bomben auf England -- Battle over Britain. The wall of England ; Adlertag ; The biggest air battle ; The hardest day ; Bombs on Berlin ; Tactics and technicalities ; Breaking point ; Black Saturday ; Summer madness ; The crux ; Wolfpack ; Exhaustion ; Last flight.
520 $a"If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war," Churchill said in the summer of 194o. He was right. The Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in the history of the Second World War, and now, acclaimed British historian James Holland has written the definitive account of this battle based on extensive new research from around the world, including thousands of new interviews with people on both sides of the fighting.
520 $aHad Britain's defenses collapsed, Hitler would have dominated all of Europe and been able to turn his full attention east to the Soviet Union. The German invasion of France and the Low Countries in May 1940 was unlike any the world had ever seen. It hit with a force and aggression that no one could counterùand in just a few short weeks. All in their way crumbled under the force of the Nazi hammer blow. With France facing defeat and with British forces pressed back to the Channel, there were few who believed Britain could possibly survive. Soon, it seemed, Hitler would have all of Europe at his feet. Yet Hitler's forces were not quite the Goliath they at first appeared to be and Germany's leadership lacked the single-minded purpose, vision, and direction that had led to such success on land. Nor was Britain any David. Thanks to a sophisticated defensive system and the combined efforts of the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy as well as the mounting sense of collective defiance led by a new prime minister, Britain was not ready to give in to the Nazi onslaught.
520 $aFrom clashes between coastal convoys and Schnellboote in the Channel to astonishing last stands in Flanders, and from the slaughter by the U-boats in the icy Atlantic to the dramatic aerial battles over England, James Holland's The Battle of Britain paints a complete picture of that extraordinary summerùa time in which the fate of the world truly hung by a thread. --Book Jacket.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Air Force$xHistory$yWorld War, 1939-1945.
650 0 $aBritain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, British.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aHistory.
651 0 $aEurope.
650 2 $aHistory
651 2 $aEurope
650 6 $aBataille d'Angleterre, Grande-Bretagne, 1940.
650 6 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xOpérations aériennes britanniques.
650 6 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$zGrande-Bretagne.
650 6 $aHistoire.
651 6 $aEurope.
650 7 $ahistory (discipline)$2aat
610 17 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Air Force.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00549585
650 7 $aMilitary operations, Aerial$xBritish.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01710205
651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
647 7 $aWorld War$d(1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
647 7 $aBattle of Britain$c(Great Britain :$d1940)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00839040
648 7 $a1939-1945$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2010040646-s.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2010040646-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2010040646-d.html
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0009152411
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n3456480
994 $aZ0$bIME
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN IME - 134 OTHER HOLDINGS