Eagle Days : Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain

Eagle Days : Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of BritainAuthor: Taylor, Victoria United Kingdom, Great Britain Published on 22 May 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Apollo) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 432 pages, 1 x 8 black and white & 1 map 241 x 164 x 39 676g By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitlers forces. Her forces driven off the continent, many rescued from capture at Dunkirk, only the Royal Air Force, supported by the countrys newly

Author: Taylor, Victoria

United Kingdom, Great Britain

Published on 22 May 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Apollo) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 432 pages, 1 x 8 black and white & 1 map
241 x 164 x 39 | 676g

By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitler’s forces. Her forces driven off the continent, many rescued from capture at Dunkirk, only the Royal Air Force, supported by the country’s newly established radar system, now stood in the way of the country being invaded. Herman Goering had promised his Fuhrer his air force would sweep the British skies of all opposition to allow Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of southern England, to commence. The intense aerial combat over the coming months across the English Channel and the countryside of southeast England would not reflect the optimism of Nazi propaganda.

Researching and blending a diverse range of primary sources together (Luftwaffe air crews’ personal letters and diaries), with official combat reports, and contemporary German newspapers, Victoria Taylor weaves a rich, multifaceted tapestry of the military, political, social and cultural influences that shaped the German air force’s mentality and morale during the Battle of Britain.

Eagle Days transforms the Luftwaffe’s historical role during the RAF’s ‘Finest Hour’ from a cartoonish antagonist to a multidimensional, flawed-yet-formidable opponent. The narrative contains not just the voices of the air crews who conducted the fighting, but uniquely never-before-translated primary source material of other contemporary eyewitnesses, (Luftwaffe’s paratroopers, anti-aircraft gunners and air signalmen). Eagle Days will offer all fans of this period a refreshing, comprehensive and exciting new account of the Luftwaffe’s real experiences during the Battle of Britain.