With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain

from buffalogr

This was a wonderful short account of the air war between Germany and Great Britain in the period of July through September of 1940--the Battle of Britain. The "untold story" has to do with Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, the chap who successfully ed the Brit effort. Very well done and fairly...

from Schmerguls

5576. With Wings Like Eagles A History of the Battle of Britain, by Michael Korda (read 23 Aug 2018) Although I read a book by Richard Hough entitled The Battle of Britain on 2 Dec 2009 that was not as good a book as this one. This book, published in 2009, tells the story of the battle in 1940 . ...

from Ammianus

First, I'd like to say my speciality isn't aviation. That said, over the years I have read a few BoB classics, Deighton's "FIGHTER" and Collier, and more recently Overy's "Battle of Britain". I have just purchased, read and enjoyed With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain. I lik...

from labdaddy4

Very well done and fairly easy to read. This shines a lot of light on what was a pivotal period of time for Great Britain. It highlights the conflict between Hugh Dowding and most others in the high levels of command at the time. He was a maverick but his unconventional ideas (for the time) and s...

from jerry-book

Seems to be a good overview of the Battle of Britain with an emphasis on the strategy verus the actual fighting. I was impressed by the fact Churchill almost made a big blunder by sending more Hurricane squadrons to France when France was doomed. It was only the consistent objectiion of Dowling t...