The Right of the Line: The Role of the RAF in WWPen and Sword, 6 avr. 2010 - 860 pages Traditionally, the right of the line is the vanguard, the place of honour and greatest danger in battle. In this history of the Royal Air Force during the European War of 1939-45, John Terraine shows how the RAF, which in 1939 was small and inadequate for the task it was called upon to perform had, by the end of the war, taken up its proper position. He describes the build-up to war, the early tests in France and at Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the RAF in North Africa and the Mediterranean, the strategic air offensive over Germany and eventual victory in Europe. His best book yet The Times John Terraine is a fine historian but he also believes that history should be exciting and readable The Listener |
Table des matières
THE TEST The battle is the payoff | 93 |
THE STRAIN The only plan is to persevere THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN a few thousand airmen | 166 |
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC I Anxiety supreme | 223 |
THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE I The leading element in bringing about our victory | 251 |
THE VICTORY The Air must hold the ring THE MEDITERRANEAN Air warfare in its own right | 300 |
THE BATTLE OF THEATLANTIC II the dominating factor all through the war | 401 |
THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE II they are sowing the wind | 459 |
VICTORY IN EUROPE the highest degree of intimacy | 559 |
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