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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Battle of Britain
    sub title: the myth and the reality
  title info:
    title: Battle
  name:
    name part: Overy, R. J.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2001
    edition: 1st American ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xiv, 177 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
  abstract: The Battle of Britain pitted the Royal Air Force against Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies over England in 1940. It was immortalized in Churchill's words, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few," but it has since been debunked by revisionists as an inconclusive and even strategically flawed encounter for the British. In this assessment of the battle, author Overy restores the historical balance. He delivers shrewd judgments on the critical elements for both sides, from strategy to leadership, command organization, communications, and training to the technology of fighters, bombers, and radar. Overy shows that even if the popular myth overshoots the mark, the significance of the battle remains undiminished in the light of realistic judgments: it marked the end of Germany's string of victories, forestalled a German invasion, and kept Britain in the war.--From publisher description.
  table of contents: The setting -- The adversaries -- The battle -- A victory of sorts.
  note: Richard Overy.
  note: Originally published: The Battle. London : Penguin Books, c2000.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-155) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-uk---
    geographic code: e-gx---
  subject:
    topic: Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
  classification: D756.5.B7 O84 2001
  classification: 940.54/211
  identifier: 0393020088
  identifier: 00069249
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 001218
    record change date: 20151023052226.0
    record identifier: in00001607010