num_pages: 172
description: The first of two volumes of the classified Air Historical Branch study of Fighter Command and the Air Defence of the United Kingdom. It covers pre-war expansion of the Command, the creation of the first integrated air defence system, and an account of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain.
language: English
title: The Growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940
titlecomplete: The Growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940
publisher: Routledge