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RAF: The Birth of the World’s First Air Force

by Richard Overy

This compact, masterful work by an outstanding historian marks a pivotal moment in military history: the birth of Britain’s Royal Air Force. Writing with great clarity, Richard Overy shows how the RAF emerged from the deadly stalemate of trench warfare during World War I. With German bombers attacking British cities by 1917, Prime Minister David Lloyd George

Publisher

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Publication date

2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

149

ISBN

9780393652291