Battle of Britain 1940: The Luftwaffe's "Eagle Attack" (Osprey Air Campaign 1)
2018 | ISBN: 1472820576 | English | 96 Pages | True PDF | 17 MB

In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air defence system. Powerful, combat-proven and previously all-conquering, the German air force had the means to win the Battle of Britain. Yet it did not.