A Plea for asistance regarding the Battle Of Britain!

He was a very competant fight pilot as a young man. W.W.I and an ace. Don’t forget to add that to the mix. But the drugs and model trains messed with his mind.

(Remember kids, leave the trains alone.)

Unfortunatly, guys n girls, my History teacher has had… concerns about the broadness of the topic, so my new title is…wait for it… Was Goering incompetent? Im planning to examine his role in the Spanish Civil war with the Condor squadron, BofB, Dunkirk,Barbarossa, Operation Neptune, air defence over Berlin etc… can ne1 think of any more events where aircover affected the course of a (major) campaign?
Thanks for all your information, n sorry to waste your time!
Barnowl

Well……………Its got to be in by January and around 10 sides, so im just trying to gather information
Thanks for all the information guys, keep it coming!

Because however long it was will not be enough

How long have you left yourself to do the job? – Nermal

These website links may help.
http://www.battleofbritain.net/
http://www.battleofbritain.net/bobhsoc/monument.html
mmitch.

Fighter by Len Deighton, largely because I’m in the middle of re-reading it at the moment.

Did someone call???

I’d also reccomend ‘The most dangerous enemy’ by Stephen Bungay.

Geoff.

I am currently writing a project: [BTo what extent was the Battle of Britain a turning point in the Second World War?[/B] for my A level history course. I would be grateful if forumers could direct me to any helpful websites or books that would help me with this topic. Any thoughts?

I’m reading a great book at the moment, “For Your Freedom and Ours” by Lynne Olson & Stanley Cloud. It gives a good insight to the Polish contribution during the Bob and is a real eye opener. I recommend it.

BOB Books…

Hi Barnowl
As my honourable friend JDK said, Big Question.
However I would suggest the following: –

1)‘The Narrow Margin’ by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster. (Already listed by JDK). This gives an excellent overview of events in 1940.Since written some inaccuracies have surfaced but not enough to spoil an excellent piece of work.
2)‘Battle Over Britain’ by Francis.K.Mason like the above gives a detailed day to account of events in 1940.
3)‘Eagle Day’ by Richard Collier. This is a good way to get an introduction to the battle. Written in a very journalistic manner (with many inaccuracies). Don’t quote any of it in your essay but enjoy the read.
4)‘Battle of Britain—Then and Now’ by After the Battle Publications. The most detailed and accurate publication about the battle. This book isn’t a history as such but lists losses and details the people and events of the time.
All the above should be available through your local library.

Also depending on your location you could visit on of the many museums dedicated to the battle.
There’s a Battle of Britain hall at the RAF Museum at Hendon and also if you speak to the gentleman who calls himself Von Perthes on this forum he’ll direct you to an excellent BOB museum in Kent.
Hope some of this helps.
I know there are hundreds of books on the battle and people here have read them all.
All the best
Andy

Big question! ‘The Narrow Margin’, Dempster / Wood was, in the 1960s, an excellent overview of the whole story. The Battle of Britain film isn’t bad as a version of the events, though it can’t be comprehensive. (And doesn’t claim to be)

There are screeds of other books on the subject, and magazines like Aeroplane Monthly have conducted analyses of ‘myths’ of the battle – Alfred Price IIRC did a series some years back.

There are lots of people here who should be able to give a better answer than this; but I thought I’d kick off.

Have a visit to your local library and ask nicely. Low tech, but it works.

Cheers (and good luck!)