{"product_id":"9781628730463","title":"Last of the Few: The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It","description":"After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary  Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now  stood alone to face Hitler’s inevitable invasion attempt. For the  German army to land across the channel, Hitler needed mastery  of the skies—the Royal Air Force would have to be broken. So  every day throughout the summer, German bombers pounded the  RAF air bases in the southern counties. Greatly outnumbered by  the Luftwaffe, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command scrambled as  many as five times a day, and civilians watched skies crisscrossed  with the contrails from the constant dogfights between Spitfires  and Me-109s. Britain’s very freedom depended on the outcome  of that summer’s battle: Its air defenses were badly battered and  nearly broken, but against all odds, “The Few,” as they came to  be known, bought Britain’s freedom—many with their lives. More  than a fifth of the British and Allied pilots died during the Battle  of Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  These are the personal accounts of the pilots who fought and survived  that battle. Their stories are as riveting, as vivid, and as poignant as  they were seventy years ago. We will not see their like again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172490133744,"sku":"9781628730463","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628730463_p0.jpg?v=1763866437","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628730463","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}