To Defeat The Few – The Luftwaffe’s Campaign To Destroy RAF Fighter Command August – September 1940

The Battle of Britain has acquired near-legendary status as one of the most iconic events of the 20th century. This new history, based on an exhaustive study of German records, explores the battle through the eyes of the Luftwaffe.  Over the past 77 years, histories of the Battle of Britain have consistently portrayed the feats of “The Few” as being responsible for the RAF’s victory in the epic battle. However, this is only part of the story. Successful air campaigns are those that achieve their intended aims or stated objectives. Victory in the Battle of Britain was determined by whether the Luftwaffe achieved its objectives.  The Luftwaffe, of course, did not, and this detailed and rigorous study explains why. Analyzing the battle in its entirety in the context of what it was–history’s first independent offensive counter-air campaign against the world’s first integrated air defense system–the authors set out to re-examine this remarkable conflict. Presenting the events of the Battle of Britain in the context of the Luftwaffe’s campaign and RAF Fighter Command’s battles against it, this title is a new and innovative history of the battle that kept alive the Allies’ chances of defeating Nazi Germany.

AUTHOR – Douglas Dildy, Paul Crickmore

PUBLISHER – Osprey

FORMAT – Hardback

PAGES – 384

PUBLISHED – 2020

ISBN – 978 1 4728 3918 3