Battle of Britain the hardest day 18 August 1940

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: PRICE, ALFRED (Author)
Macdonald and Jane's (Publisher)
Production date: 1979
Place made: London
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 24cm., Pagination: 223p., 28p. of plates ill., figs., maps, ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 79 / 2918

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