The Battle of Britain, Anthony Richards
The Battle of Britain, Anthony Richards
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The Battle of Britain

Author: Anthony Richards

Narrator: Dyfrig Morris

Unabridged: 3 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 09/15/2022


Synopsis

In the summer of 1940, the Nazi Blitzkrieg had blown through much of western Europe, seizing control of territory right up to the French coast and preparing to invade Britain. Standing in their way was Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands and the Royal Navy, all determined to prevent invasion, fighting off enemy forces in the air and in the water to protect the British shores.

Published to coincide with Battle of Britain Day in 2022, this audiobook tells the heroic story of those five months using interviews, documents and materials from the archive at IWM. Personal testimony from those who were there helps bring to life this truly unique retelling of one of the most important moments of the Second World War.

"Hugely authoritative [...], both the iconic and the unknown, alongside brilliantly researched writing." --Dan Snow

(P)2022 Headline Publishing Group Limited

About Anthony Richards

Anthony Richards is the head of Documents and Sound at IWM. Since 1995, he has worked on the diaries, letters and memoirs in the museum's care and is responsible for its extensive collection of personal testimony in both written and audio form. He has contributed to many publishing projects and is author of The Somme: A Visual History.


Reviews

Goodreads review by T.O. on December 29, 2022

Another book picked up in a second hand bookshop. A contemporaneous account of the making of the 1968 film, which - shot less than 30 years after the events it depicted - had plenty of the survivors now in their 50s to pitch in with expert advice and revisit old rivalries. Adolf Galland comes out we......more