Their Finest Hour
- ISBN-10
- 0795306466
- ISBN-13
- 9780795306464
- Series
- Their Finest Hour
- Category
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
- Pages
- 902
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
Description
"The second volume of Churchill's Nobel-Prize winning six-part chronicle of World War II. Their "finest hour" refers to Britain that struggled alone to survive overwhelming German advantage; detailed reconstruction of the bombing of London, the Battle of Britain. Churchill, here wartime Prime Minister, incorporate contemporary documentation and his own reminiscence."
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