Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain

[John Vasco]

A review of 'Eagle Days' in the September issue of 'Britain at War'. Please do not laugh at some of the comments, as I did as I read through it. My comments in red.

'Taylor provides new sources and analysis. Writing in English about the German side is rare, besides the likes of James Corum and Robert kershaw, there are few tomes. (What? This person, straight off the bat, doesn't have a clue about the number of researchers and writers that have written about the German side!) Taylor has done a fantastic job of exploring the experiences, motivations, and emotions of Luftwaffe personnel during the air campaign against Britain. (I don't believe she interviewed a single German combatant, so that is a load of bollocks). Of particular importance is the Luftwaffe complicity in war crimes. Luftwaffe surgeons asked for and received human test subjects drawn from camp inmates for experimentation. (What this has to do with the Battle of Britain is beyond me, equally so for the content of the book and the comment!)

Reviewed by Toby Clark. Words fail me...