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Re: Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain
Chapter 8 read
Early weeks of July. Much about the German hierarchy and the preparations for a possible invasion of southern England. Hitler's 'appeal to reason'. Bomber Command's continued incursions, and the formation of the German night fighter force (you can read all about that in far greater detail in the book Peter Cornwell and I did in 1995, 'The Messerschmitt 110 and its units in 1940') and an interception on by Streib on 20th July.
Quote from the 'Baruther Anzieger' newspaper of 18th July. Quote from the Swiss 'Zürcher Illustrierte' magazine about 'Threatened England'. A quote from a Gefreiter in Flak Regiment 231...
Details of combat on 24th July, all of which is well-known to those who have read about the Battle.
Beaut of a sentence on page 137: '...Although the Channel Battle is often neglected by historians in favour of studying the Adlerangriff (Eagle Day) which took place from mid-August' [well there's a surprise, she'll enlighten us on her chosen topic!]. If that's what she thinks, she's been reading the wrong books, FFS! Rambles on about the rest of July with no discernable continuity or thread.
Make your own mind up about the above...
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