The Right of the Line: The Role of the RAF in World War TwoPen and Sword, 6 avr. 2010 - 860 pages Award–winning historian and scriptwriter John Terraine’s The Right of the Line reveals how the British Royal Air Force rose to prominence in World War II. Traditionally, the right of the line is the vanguard, the place of honor 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. In riveting prose, Terraine 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
| 1888 | |
| 1897 | |
Supermarine Spitfire1 | |
Between pages 220 and 221 | |
Between pages 316 and 317 | |
De Havilland Mosquito3 | |
PhotoReconnaissance2 | |
Between pages 508 and 509 | |
LieutGen Sir Bernard Montgomery with Sir Arthur Coningham3 | |
Between pages 604 and 605 | |
Stand Down night6 | |
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11 Group Air Chief Marshal Air Marshal Air Ministry air power Air Staff air support Air Vice-Marshal aircraft aircrew airfields Allied armoured Army Cooperation Atlantic attack August Battle of Britain Blenheims Bomber Command bomber force bombing British campaign casualties cent Chiefs of Staff Churchill Coastal Command Coningham convoy course crews damage daylight decisive defence Denis Richards Desert Air Force Dowding effect enemy escort fact Fighter Command fighting flying France French German guns Harris heavy bombers Hurricanes Ibid Italian July June Leigh-Mallory losses lost Ludlow-Hewitt Luftwaffe March Middle East military Montgomery months naval Newall night offensive officers Official History OH Webster operations OVERLORD pilots Portal radar RAF's raids reconnaissance Richards & Saunders rôle Royal Air Force Royal Navy Ruhr says September Service ships Slessor sorties Spitfire Sqdn squadrons strategic strength tactical targets Tedder tons U-boat victory Webster & Frankland Wellingtons Whitleys