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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
German Fighter Range and British Radar Deployment
Marcks’ Plan, August 5, 1940
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

Plus a special guest map from Michael Korda’s, “With Wings Like Eagles,” showing the air defenses of England and Wales, August 1940.

2 posted on 09/02/2010 5:36:27 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

This is not a date-specific excerpt, but interesting nonetheless. Being a fighter pilot doesn’t sound like it is all that much fun.

Michael Korda, With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain

3 posted on 09/02/2010 5:37:17 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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