Jeremy A Crang: 2 books
The Burning Blue
A New History of the Battle of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
It was, of course, the Battle of Britain, or rather its conclusion, that prompted one of Winston Churchill's most memorable pieces of oratory that has its epitome in the sentence, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.' If the Battle of Britain had been lost it...
Listening to Britain
Home Intelligence Reports on Britain's Finest Hour, May-September 1940
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
From May to September 1940, a period that saw some of the most dramatic events in British history - including the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the opening stages of the Blitz - the Ministry of Information eavesdropped on the conversations of ordinary people in all parts of the United Kingdom and compiled secret daily reports on the state of popular morale.