Neil R. Storey Livres

In the skies above south-east England in 1940, battle was waged between the men and machines of the Royal Air Force and Hitler's Luftwaffe. At stake was air superiority, and the Germans intended this to be a first step in the invasion of Britain. Squadrons of Hurricanes and Spitfires, then among the best and most modern fighter aircraft in the world, took on the threat and defeated the Luftwaffe. This extensively illustrated history of the battle looks at the origins and events of the battle, at the men and women of the RAF who prepared for and fought in it, and at the ordinary people of Britain who saw a battle for their nation waged above their heads.

This little gem of a book is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about Britain and all the things that have made it great.

Superb history of two distinguished territorial battalions.

During the Second World War, thousands of Norfolk men and women 'did their bit' in the armed forces while so many others they left behind were part of a most remarkable effort on the home front in a host of occupations, volunteer and auxiliary forces. This book is an overview of their stories.