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The Royal Air Force - The First One Hundred Years (Hardcover)
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The Royal Air Force - The First One Hundred Years (Hardcover)
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In 1918, the Royal Air Force became the first major independent air
force in the world. Formed to serve a strategic need in the most
intensive war that Britain had then fought, the RAF continued in
the inter-war era to play a key role in the political and
diplomatic world, and in defending the Empire. During the Second
World War, the RAF was pivotal in defending Britain from invasion
in the Battle of Britain, and then in leading the assault on the
Axis powers, most notably through the contentious bomber offensive
against Germany. In the post-war world, the RAF adapted and
developed into a force to meet the needs of the United Kingdom
during the Cold War, the retreat from Empire, and most recently in
the move to coalition warfare against low intensity threats, all
against a backdrop of diminishing resources and shifting
priorities. This is the story of the RAF over the first century of
its existence: how it has confronted the many challenges and
threats it has faced - from the Luftwaffe in 1940, through the
spectre of nuclear holocaust in the Cold War, to the fight against
terrorism in the 21st century - and how it has contributed to the
defence of the United Kingdom throughout that period.
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