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1. Night Air Defence During the Blitz, 1940-1941

   Air Defence of Great Britain, Vol. III

   By T.C.G James

   Series: Royal Air Force Official Histories

   The third in the series of classified studies of Britain's wartime air defences prepared by the Air Historical Branch, this new volume considers the question of defence against night bombing. It traces the pre-war consideration of the problem through the problematical period of the Battle of...

   Published November 29th 2004 by Routledge
2. Growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940

   Air Defence of Great Britain, Volume 1

   By T.C.G. James

   Edited by Sebastian Cox

   Series: Royal Air Force Official Histories

   The first of two volumes of the classified Air Historical Branch study of Fighter Command and the Air Defence of the United Kingdom. It covers pre-war expansion of the Command, the creation of the first integrated air defence system, and an account of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain....

   Published August 29th 2001 by Routledge
3. The Battle of Britain

   Air Defence of Great Britain, Volume II

   By T.C.G. James

   Series: Royal Air Force Official Histories

   This is the second volume of the classified history of air defence in Great Britain. Written while World War II was still being fought, the account has an analysis of the defensive tactics of Fighter Command, and attempts a day-by-day analysis of the action as it took place....

   Published September 28th 2000 by Routledge