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    Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain

    By Len Deighton

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    Summer, 1940: western Europe has been conquered, and all that stands between Hitler and the invasion of England is the matter of air supremacy. And the RAF…

    Hitler’s top-secret Directive No. 16, July 1940: ‘The English air force must be beaten down to such an extent, that it can no longer muster any power of attack worth mentioning against the German advance.’

    ‘Fighter’ is Len Deighton’s thrilling history of the ensuing Battle of Britain – the aerial combat between the RAF and the Luftwaffe that was fought over the summer of 1940. Ex-RAF pilot Deighton has written a balanced study of strategies and tactics that also expertly recounts the development of the aeroplanes that fought each other in the skies – the Spitfires and Messerschmitts – and of radar. Behind the strategies and tactics, and in the cockpits of the aeroplanes, are the men brought vividly to life by Deighton’s skill as a novelist.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateMar 27, 2014
    ISBN9780007549504
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    • 5/5
      Having read a few Len Deighton books as a teenager, I thought I had the measure of his work - good, though unspectacular, thrillers. Luckily, a few comments by Charles Stross have led me to revise that view, and I am now a fan of Deighton's tight, controlled prose. In some ways extolling a behaviourist view of personality, the lightness of touch with which motivations and feelings are addressed gives an impressionistic and yet surprisingly engaging view of his characters - this style suits history just as well as spy fiction.In "Fighter", Deighton's literary style combines with meticulous, thorough and perceptive historical analysis to produce a gem of a book. Respectful and yet incisive, it paints a vivid picture of the events of the Battle of Britain, from both sides of the channel. For a more succinct review, I can only lend weight to the words of Clive James: "Deighton has managed to give the while event a clarity which it lacked. Above all the machines mattered, and on those he is tremendous."