1939 the Second World War in Photographs

1939 the Second World War in Photographs

Great Writers on The Great War Buchan's War

Great Writers on The Great War Buchan's War

1940 The Second World War in the Air in Photographs

Series: The Second World War in the Air in Photographs

Publication Date15th July 2014

Book FormatPaperback

pages160

Illustrations270

Height234

Width165

After six years of war-mongering, 1939 saw France and Britain finally stand up to Nazi Germany after the invasion of Poland.
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ISBN
9781445622392

On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. It was the start of a conflict that would erupt over every continent, see the deaths of tens of millions of people, much of central Europe destroyed, the development of jets, ballistic missiles and computers as well as the atomic bomb.


1940 saw the conquest by Nazi Germany of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France, all involving heavy use of airpower, either transporting troops or closely supporting the armoured forces on the ground. Later that summer, RAF Fighter Command would defend Britain against the Luftwaffe’s drive for air superiority over the English Channel, and in the autumn the Blitz against London and other British cities would begin. After a period of ‘Phoney War’, 1940 saw the war in the air begin in earnest.

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