This is a day-by-day account of the 80-day struggle in 1940 between Adolph Hitler, poised on the edge of absolute victory, and Winston Churchill, threatened by imminent invasion and defeat. Map.
John Lukacs is the author of numerous books, among them The Hitler of History, The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age, Five Days in London, and A Thread of Years. The last two are available from Yale University Press.