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 and his minister of munitions, Winston Churchill, navigated the organizational breakthrough that made the RAF an independent force in spring 1918.
The RAF would prove highly influential in the development of air power around the world.
| ISBN: | 9780393357240 |
| Publication date: | 9th October 2026 |
| Author: | Richard Overy |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Genres: |
European history History and Archaeology Military history First World War Air forces and warfare Battles and campaigns Aircraft and aviation |
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.
RAF features in the following genres: European history, History and Archaeology, Military history, First World War, Air forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, Aircraft and aviation
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RAF was written by Richard Overy and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
RAF has 160 pages