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    The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Save Britain in the Summer of 1940
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    The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Save Britain in the Summer of 1940

    Written by Alex Kershaw

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    About this audiobook

    It was the summer of 1940, and World War II had been raging for nearly a year. Buoyed by his successes on the Continent, Hitler was now planning an invasion of England to seal Europe’s fate.

    Though the United States was still a neutral country, a few Americans decided they couldn’t remain on the sidelines. They joined Britain’s Royal Air Force to defend the country—with the future of civilization hanging in the balance.

    The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of these Americans who defied their own country’s neutrality laws and risked their very citizenship to fight side-by-side with England’s finest pilots. Flying the lethal and elegant Spitfire, they became “knights of the air” who, with minimal training but plenty of guts, dueled the skilled and fearsome aces of Germany’s Luftwaffe.

    By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. Some five years later, at war’s end, just one of them would be alive. Winston Churchill once said famously of all those who fought in the Battle of Britain, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” These daring Americans were the few among the “few.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 23, 2006
    ISBN9781423315940
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    The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Save Britain in the Summer of 1940
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    Alex Kershaw

    Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed and best-selling books, The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter, as well as two biographies: Jack London, and Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa. His latest book is The Few. He has been a journalist and screenwriter in Britain and now lives in Bennington, Vermont.

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    • 5/5
      This is a well-researched and well written account of the remarkable American pilots who flew with the RAF fighter squadrons before America’s entry into WWII. Although I had known of three of these pilots from previous accounts of the Battle of Britain pilots, the details were remarkable, and very moving. A great book.

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    • 5/5
      Great book. I have read all of Mr Kershaws work and this was just as good as the others

      The Battle of Britain is an amazing time of history where brave men rallied to Britain and held off the German war machine. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to a few who saved many people.

      We certainly need more brave and willing to serve and not take from the freedom of others

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The amount of participation by Americans in the Battle of Britain prior to Pearl Harbor !
    • 5/5
      It was so well written that I thought I was there. Thank you
    • 5/5
      Very well written and researched.
      A must read for anyone interested in WWII history.