The Battle of Britain : five months that changed history, May - October 1940

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: HOLLAND, JAMES (Author)
Bantam Press (Publisher)
Production date: 2010
Place made: London
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 25cm., Pagination: xxv, 677p., , 32p. of plates: ill., facsims., maps, plans, ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 10 / 696

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