{"product_id":"9781429919418","title":"The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; May-October 1940","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA groundbreaking new account of the Battle of Britain from acclaimed historian James Holland \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Battle of Britain paints a stirring picture of an extraordinary summer when the fate of the world hung by a thread. Historian James Holland has now written the definitive account of those months based on extensive new research from around the world including thousands of new interviews with people on both sides of the battle. If Britain's defenses collapsed, Hitler would have dominated all of Europe. With France facing defeat and British forces pressed back to the Channel, there were few who believed Britain could survive; but, thanks to a sophisticated defensive system and the combined efforts of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy and the defiance of a new Prime Minister, Britain refused to give in. From clashes between coastal convoys and \u003ci\u003eSchnellboote \u003c\/i\u003ein the Channel to astonishing last stands in Flanders, slaughter by U-boats in an icy Atlantic and dramatic aerial battles over England, \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Britain \u003c\/i\u003etells this epic story in a fresh and compelling voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127323607280,"sku":"9781429919418","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429919418_p0.jpg?v=1763783419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429919418","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}