Battle of Britain books. Recommendations?

[MB_Avro_UK]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Plowing through it currently.

Fascinating book IMHO.

It's a fine read. He doesn't pull any punches.

He starts the book by saying that he was sitting in his deck-chair in his garden in Kent (Southern England,Battle of Britain area), and when looking up to the sky, he realised that he was viewing a 1940 battle-field.

He mentions an interview in 1945 by the Russians with the head of the captured German Whermacht. The Russians asked him as to what he saw as the turning point in German's fortunes in WW2. The Ruissians expected him to say Stalingrad. But he said the Battle of Britain in 1940. The Russians left.

And only 5,000 were killed on both sides during the Battle of Britain. Is this figure similar to Midway? Another turning point.


Best Regards,
MB_Avro.