HAVING CONQUERED POLAND, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France, Adolph Hitler turned his attention to the British. Operation Sea Lion was the code name for Hitler’s plan to invade England. To have any chance of success, however, the operation would require air supremacy. While America clung to neutrality, American Wedge Madison, who had flown against the Germans in the Spanish Revolution, went to England and joined the RAF. Great Britain was also fortunate to have CBS newsman Edward Murrow, Lend-Lease Director Averill Harriman, and new US Ambassador Gil Winant—ardent friends and supporters—who continued to keep the pressure on President Roosevelt to supply the weapons of war to help them survive. Fighter Command was so successful that the conclusion to Churchill’s famous Battle of Britain speech made in the House of Commons concluded with: “…if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’’’ This is the story of a particular time in history; the people, the circumstances, and one of the most pivotal events of World War II. Educated at the University of Texas, Sid Rich has been an executive with an insurance company, a trade association manager, a company president, chairman-of-the-board a corporation, a consultant in the long-term care field, and a registered Texas lobbyist. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Marlene. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Battle of Britain (Sid Rich)