The Battle of Britain, 1945-1965 [electronic resource] : The Air Ministry and the Few /
Campion, Garry.author.
Seventy-five years after the Battle of Britain, the Few's role in preventing invasion continues to enjoy a revered place in popular memory. The Air Ministry were central to the Battle's valorisation. This book explores both this, and also the now forgotten 1940 Battle of the Barges mounted by RAF bombers.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Air war, media war -- Seelöwe und bomben auf Engeland: the German perspective, 1940 -- Britain's fighter boys: projecting the Battle of Britain, 1940 -- The battle of the barges: Blackpool Front propaganda, 1940-1945 -- Part II. Valorising and thanksgiving -- The greatest day: shaping the Battle of Britain, 1941 -- Immortal Few: heroising the fighter boys, 1942-1945 -- Air Trafalgar Day: official commemorations, 1942-1945 -- Part III: Commemoration and popular memory -- The fight at odds: revelation, memorialisation, 1945-1953 -- Angels One Five: historical and cultural consolidation, 1946-1965.
Seventy-five years after the Battle of Britain, the Few's role in preventing invasion continues to enjoy a revered place in popular memory. The Air Ministry were central to the Battle's valorisation. This book explores both this, and also the now forgotten 1940 Battle of the Barges mounted by RAF bombers.
Great Britain—History.
Military history.
World War, 1939-1945.
History, Modern.
Political communication.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Military.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
Modern History.
Political Communication.