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Len Deighton | 360 pages | 27 Feb 2014 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007531189 | English | London, Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain - - Google Libri

The German "Blitzkrieg" moved swiftly to the west and the south, splitting the British and French defenders, trapping the at and forcing its evacuation from continental Europe. The British now stood alone, awaiting Hitler's inevitable attempt to invade and conquer their island. Great Britain was in trouble. The soldiers rescued from Dunkirk were exhausted by their ordeal. Worse, most of their heavy armaments lay abandoned and rusting on the French beaches. After a short rest, the Germans began air attacks in early summer designed to seize mastery of the skies over England in preparation for invasion. All that stood between the British and defeat was a small force of RAF pilots outnumbered in the air by four to one. Day after day the Germans sent armadas of bombers and fighters over England hoping to lure the RAF into battle and annihilate the defenders. Day after day the RAF scrambled their pilots into the sky to do battle often three, four or five times a day. Their words bring the events they had witnessed just hours before to life in a way no modern commentary could. The Battle of Britain Combat Archive brings the colour back with dozens of specially commissioned artworks and profiles of the aircraft. Artist Mark Postlethwaite has designed a full colour format to make each page and table easy to understand. Wingleader Magazine - Issue 12 out now! Browse All Books Latest News. Battle of Britain Combat Archive. In Focus. Aces. Luftwaffe Crash Archive. Modeller's Photographic Archive. Nachtjagd Combat Archive. War Torn Skies. Wingleader Photo Archive. John Foreman Titles. Luftwaffe Books. Other Titles. RAF Bomber Command books. Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain - Len Deighton - Google Books

Certain aspects of the myth are true. It probably was our finest hour. By denying Germany the quick victory she so desperately needed, Britain did save the free world from Nazi domination. Failing to defeat Britain in meant Hitler was forced into a long attritional war he knew he could not afford. This was instrumental in making him turn on Russia earlier than he originally planned — with catastrophic results. By examining both the German perspective and looking in closer detail at our own, fascinating new light is cast on the Battle. In reality, it was fought on a much broader front; beyond were the men of Bomber Command and the rest of the RAF, and the full weight of a great maritime nation. The fact is, the Battle of Britain was far more complex — but even more exciting and dramatic — than the story we have all grown up with. Xenophobic incidents were widely reported, eliciting strong condemnations from the government, the Polish Embassy and even the UN. In this febrile atmosphere it behoves all British citizens to look back to another time when Europe was in crisis and remember the sacrifices made by a former generation of Polish migrants for our island nation. June , the darkest days of the Second World War ; France has fallen, bringing 30, Polish military personnel across the Channel, including about 8, pilots. Consequently Nos. The battle-hardened Poles did not take kindly to such treatment but they did not have to wait long to prove their mettle. By August 19th British losses were so significant that the cut the training time for recruits to two weeks compared to six months before the war. On August 30, Squadron were carrying out training manoeuvres over Hertfordshire when Flying Officer Ludwik Paszkiewicz spotted a large formation of German bombers and fighters. Considering the RAF had lost nearly pilots during the previous week alone, Fighter Command was in no mood to argue. The next day, August 31st, Squadron went into action and during just 15 minutes of combat managed to down 6 Messerschmitts without any losses. Fighter covers the traditional period of the Battle of Britain and the build-up to it, describing the war in the air as much from the German point of view as the British. Deighton explains both the Leggi recensione completa. Having read a few Len Deighton books as a teenager, I thought I had the measure of his work - good, though unspectacular, thrillers. Luckily, a few comments by Charles Stross have led me to revise Len Deighton was born in London, England on February 18, Before becoming the master of the modern spy thriller, he worked as an airline steward and as an illustrator. Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain - Wikipedia

Having read a few Len Deighton books as a teenager, I thought I had the measure of his work - good, though unspectacular, thrillers. Luckily, a few comments by Charles Stross have led me to revise Len Deighton was born in London, England on February 18, Before becoming the master of the modern spy thriller, he worked as an airline steward and as an illustrator. His first novel, The Ipcress File, was published in He also writes television plays and cookbooks. Account Options Accedi. The description of RAF Manston ground crew, under repeated attack, remaining against orders in their air raid shelters and refusing to carry out their duties is also called a myth. is Deighton's hero in the book and was one of the few people who perceived the situation accurately. Deighton argues that his strategy prevented a German victory. Despite winning the battle, Dowding was very badly treated by the Whitehall bureaucracy and dismissed, along with , commander of 11 which had borne the brunt of the fighting, shortly after the victory. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Clive James. Retrieved 4 December Works by Len Deighton. Filming fell behind schedule. Costs began to mount, and tensions rose. A wartime hangar at Duxford explodes for real in the movie—a scene the British no doubt came to regret. Director Hamilton put up such a fuss that it was agreed to leave the bombers in Nazi warpaint, which surely garnered double-takes from ex-Allied brass at the event. And with only a limited number of concrete dummy bombs made, their bomb-run scene had to be done in one take. The Heinkels set off and actually headed in the direction of . At that time General [Francisco] Franco was having one of his tantrums about the British and Gibraltar, and I did actually wonder whether the Spanish pilots were going to drop the concrete bombs on Gibraltar! He ultimately threw Galland off the set. Although from quite different generations, the actors gained new respect for the WWII pilots. The pilots were less impressed by the film stars. Shaw, taxiing a Spitfire, trod a little too hard on the brakes and stood it on its nose. In those days, we were all close cropped, and these chaps look like bloody Beatles. Well then, he said, what about the bar? Nor did they have much good to say about their old enemies turned Cold War allies. For the London bombing scene the studio bought an abandoned tea warehouse and demolished it, along with a derelict section of the city waterfront that had actually been heavily bombed in and, a generation later, condemned by the authorities. The hangar that gets blown up in the attack on Duxford really was a hangar at Duxford, and really was blown up, though it took two tries. Courtesy of the Lone Star Flight Museum. Unfortunately the bad weather followed the production to England, with similar effect on the flying schedule.

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I standards except for their Merlin and Griffon engines note six exhausts per side instead of the correct three. Stunt doubles were built from the ground up, several with motorcycle engines enabling them to taxi before being blown up. Hurricanes, which outnumbered Spitfires during the battle, had not fared so well after the war. The Ministry of Defence could supply just three, only one of which could fly. The sixth, a rare Sea Hurricane Ib, could taxi but tended to overheat in the air. Finding German warbirds was even harder. No Junkers Jus were available at all; the Stukas in the movie are all radio-controlled flying scale models. Former Luftwaffe Lt. Their bomber force is composed of Heinkel bombers, though they use Rolls-Royce Merlin engines in them nowadays instead of Mercedes-Benz. They might let you buy them. Neither the HA foreground nor the Spitfire Mk. Acquiring the Heinkels, however, was not a matter of money. Since the Spanish government was squabbling with Britain over Gibraltar, prospects of a bomber fleet for the movie were slim until Rolls-Royce threatened to withhold parts. Then Madrid agreed to lend the entire flotilla, with crews, free of charge, except for painting Luftwaffe camouflage and insignia and repainting in Spanish colors afterward. As the Spanish countryside looked nothing like , the bomber scenes were filmed out over the Atlantic. In he would die in a fall from a B while filming Catch We also used to get the filming sequences all lined up ready, and then a fleet of Spanish fishing trawlers would come into shot below us and we would have to go around again. And that was when they were able to fly at all. Back in April on a cold but sunny day, I watched the extraordinary sight of Hans-Ekkehard Bob flying a Messerschmitt around North Weald and then landing it at this old Battle of Britain airfield. A former Luftwaffe fighter ace, the last time he had been there, he had been fighting against RAF pilots in the skies above. At ninety-three, Bob must be one of the oldest pilots in the world, but as the Messerschmitt drew to a halt and he eased himself out of the cockpit, he then surprised us all by lowering his backside onto the wing and deftly sliding off onto the ground — just as he had always done all those years ago. If the survivors who flew for Fighter Command back in are the few, then those who fought for the Luftwaffe are the even fewer. Not more than a dozen or so remain alive today. Unlike RAF pilots, those in the Luftwaffe were not given regular leave or limited operational flying tours. Of those survivors, many ended up as prisoners of the Russians and never saw Germany again. Hajo Herrmann, a former Luftwaffe bomber pilot during the Battle of Britain, spent ten years in a Russian gulag. It was the first significant defeat of Nazi Germany. I read the whole book carefully. The most telling passage was on page "Inevitably the war grew larger and larger. Before it ended, the Luftwaffe was to lose, in one day's combat, the same number of planes that it lost in the whole summer of They were wrong. Five years later Germany was pounded into submission, its armies destroyed, its cities in ruins. Hermann Goring was the worst. From page "Galland described the log cabin made of huge tree trunks, with a thatched roof jutting far over the eaves. Goring came out of the house to meet me, wearing a green suede hunting jacket over a silk blouse with long, puffed sleeves, high hunting boots, and in his belt a hunting knife in the shape of an old Germanic sword. That night no mention was made either of the war in general or the Battle of Britain in particular. The German high command collectively bear responsibility for the German defeat. In agreeing to the Battle in the first place, for failing to take it seriously and ordering that the development of the jet engine be stopped. It was Milch who ordered that the production of the Messerschmitt proceed at full speed even thought the Focke-Wulf FW was superior. In contrast the British commanders did take their job seriously. Notably Hugh Dowding and Keith Park. Both had a vision for defending Britain and did so at the cost of their careers. Astonishingly they were both sacked at the conclusion of the Battle of Britain. The software was the basis of my career for the next 20 years and was widely adopted throughout the Department. Astonishingly like Dowding and Park, Pete Clarke was dismissed from his post once the software was acquired. This book apparently took the author seven years to research and write. It was published in almost thirty years ago, so it is itself now part of the history of the Second World War. Len Deighton was able to interview some of the people who had actually participated in the Battle of Britain on both sides and there is a picture of him with one of the German fighter aces amongst the photographs. The biographies of the participants are a revelation, as is the rivalry not only between the This book apparently took the author seven years to research and write. The biographies of the participants are a revelation, as is the rivalry not only between the Germans and the British, but also between participants on the same side. Errors on both sides are highlighted as are their successes. I was surprised to learn that even in the s the numbers of aircraft shot down by whom and when on both sides were still in dispute. It could be that the whole battle which took place during the summer of was futile, since it was based on an outside possibility that there might be going to be an invasion of Britain, for which the other German forces were not prepared, particularly the navy which had suffered considerable losses by this time. It is a very informative read, whether you are a student of WWII or just interested, although the edition I read had a limited number of photographs in it. I was familiar with the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Gloster Gladiator on the British side, but was unfamiliar with the German fighters which were not well illustrated so it would have been an advantage had I trawled through the internet for photos of the Messerschmitt BF , etc. Apr 09, S. Hurricanes and Spitfires. This is a thorough history of the Battle of Britain which takes the reader from the transition from biplane to monoplane fighters through what happened to key leaders in both the Luftwaffe and the RAF after the Battle of Britain. The author sets the scene well by tracing the rise of the Luftwaffe, technological developments in aircraft design and and the internal politics in both the Luftwaffe and the RAF. The descriptions of the daily events during the Battle of Britain are a surprisingly This is a thorough history of the Battle of Britain which takes the reader from the transition from biplane to monoplane fighters through what happened to key leaders in both the Luftwaffe and the RAF after the Battle of Britain. The descriptions of the daily events during the Battle of Britain are a surprisingly small portion of this book. But because of the author's engaging style, he'll keep your interest and you'll learn a lot. One criticism of the paperback edition I read is that it's hard to read a lot of the details in the legends of several of the maps. This probably isn't a problem in the hardcover edition. An amusing inclusion are several caricatures of key Luftwaffe leaders by one of their own, Ernst Udet. If you're only going to read one book about the Battle of Britain this would be a good choice. Len Deighton has an interesting style. I find he often brings up points or individuals that no one else has ever mentioned, and then stresses their importance with hyperbole. In this work, he largely contains that tendency though he ranges far-and-wide topically. Covering, as an example, the evolution of the airplane itself. During which he mentions the man who built the Wright brother's engine and makes the claim that he "was more important as a pioneer of powered flight than were the Wright Len Deighton has an interesting style. During which he mentions the man who built the Wright brother's engine and makes the claim that he "was more important as a pioneer of powered flight than were the Wright brothers. His comparisons of the aircraft involved and coverage of the personalities on both sides of the Channel was excellent as well. Finally, the book has great illustrations throughout. Bottom line, this is an approachable, engaging, and informative book on the Battle of Britain. Sep 18, Peter rated it really liked it Shelves: history. This is quite a fascinating book - meticulously researched and, in Deighton's tradition, extremely well written. He covers the summer June through September of , the Battle of Britain. In separate sections, he covers the strategy, people, weapons, tactics and results in an unbiased and thorough manner. He shows why and how this battle was won and lost as all battles are and exposes some of the blunders and incompetence and incompetents that led to victory and defeat and some of the This is quite a fascinating book - meticulously researched and, in Deighton's tradition, extremely well written. He shows why and how this battle was won and lost as all battles are and exposes some of the blunders and incompetence and incompetents that led to victory and defeat and some of the implications for the further aspects of the war. He also explodes some myths, for example that the British allowed the Coventry raid in order to protect their decoding of messages - not so, it was a technical blunder associated with the jamming of the German radio guidance beams. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in WW2 or in how personalities shaped a historic conflict. Deighton is very good on the technical aspects of the battle: machines,technical details and tactics. He gives you a very clear idea of the state of the two sides but doesn't address as clearly as Bungay the bigger picture. It's always going to be a point of argument and to some extent it doesn't matter. The RAF by surviving prevented Hitler from getting into a position where he could either invade unlikely or force peace terms if the Germans did gain air superiority. He also illustrates the shocking treatment given to Dowding and Park aftere the battle was won. Another example of British establishment stupidity. Feb 01, Matt Ossip rated it it was ok. I have read this book now 3 times, and each time I read it I like it less. When I was younger and more easily impressed I enjoyed the quick style and the matchbook sketches of the main players in what was later called the Battle of Britain. I find them painfully underdeveloped and shallow. They are caricatures of the people, almost, rather then a true examination of for example Goering's reasoning and strategy for the engagement. This is true for pretty much everyone in the book except I have read this book now 3 times, and each time I read it I like it less. This is true for pretty much everyone in the book except for Hugh Dowding, and even his biography is little more than you could find on Wikipedia.

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