Patrick Bishop

Fighter Boys: Saving Britain 1940


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      Fighter Boys

      Saving Britain 1940

      Patrick Bishop

      

       Copyright

      HarperCollinsPublishers 77–85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB

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      First published in Great Britain by

      HarperCollinsPublishers 2003

      Copyright © Patrick Bishop 2003

      Portrait © Max Arthur 2004

      The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      

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      Source ISBN: 9780006532040

      Ebook Edition © NOVEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007381180 Version: 2014–09–11

       Dedication

       To Kelly and Bill

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       5 Winter of Uncertainty

       6 Return to the Western Front

       7 The Battle of France

       8 Dunkirk

       9 Doing It

       10 Before the Storm

       11 The Channel Battle

       12 The Hun

       13 Hearth and Home

       14 Attrition

       15 Brotherhood

       16 ‘The Day Had Been a Year’

       17 Autumn Sunset

       18 Rhubarbs and Circuses

       Epilogue: The Last Note

       Keep Reading

       Notes and References

       Index

       P.S.

       About the author

       Portrait

       Snapshot

       Top Ten Favourite Reads

       Life Drawing

       About the book

       A Critical Eye

       The Bigger Picture

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