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2118100Taking Londonhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/taking-london-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1949506/5bef17e6-63aa-46e4-bcc3-9ff0995d7571.jpg?v=638500632062100000461461MXNPenguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>From Martin Dugard, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling coauthor of Bill OReillys Killing serieswith more than 12 million copies soldcomes a soaring account of Englands desperate fight to fend off German invasion.</strong></p><p>Great Britain, summer 1940. The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Adolf Hitlers powerful armies control Europe. England stands alone against this juggernaut, the whole world knowing it is only a matter of time before Nazi Germany unleashes its military might on the island nation. And in London, a new prime minister named Winston Churchill is determined to defeat the Nazi menace, no matter the costs.</p><p>Luckily for Churchill, one quirky Englishman has seen the future. Air Vice-Marshall Hugh Dowding is head of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command. He has spent years preparing his nations aerial defenses, utilizing the new technology of radar, training hundreds of hand-picked young pilots, and overseeing the design and purchase of the worlds most up-to-date fighter aircraft. In time, the names "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" will become iconic, these airplanes synonymous with a David versus Goliath struggle between the RAF and German Luftwaffe. For the first time in history, the battlefield will not be on land or in water but entirely contested in the skies above. Nazi victory depends upon their overwhelming air power, and the fate of not just the British people but all of Western Civilization hinges on a small group of elite pilots stopping this onslaughta band of brothers who will go down in history as the Few.</p><p><em>Taking London</em> puts the reader inside the action, bringing to life the personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske, all set against the defiant backdrop of wartime London. Told in fast-paced, you-are-there fashion, this third book in the epic Taking series is an indelible portrait of the moment the tide of WWII was turned, and the incredible heroes who made it happen.</p>...2093064Taking London461461https://www.gandhi.com.mx/taking-london-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1949506/5bef17e6-63aa-46e4-bcc3-9ff0995d7571.jpg?v=638500632062100000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20249780593828106_W3siaWQiOiIyMWNiM2U3Yy0yZWRhLTRlZDYtYTMyYS05OTgyMzg0MGFhZTciLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ1MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NDUwLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMi0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9780593828106_<p><strong>From Martin Dugard, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling coauthor of Bill OReillys Killing serieswith more than 12 million copies soldcomes a soaring account of Englands desperate fight to fend off German invasion.</strong></p><p>Great Britain, summer 1940. The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Adolf Hitlers powerful armies control Europe. England stands alone against this juggernaut, the whole world knowing it is only a matter of time before Nazi Germany unleashes its military might on the island nation. In London, a new prime minister named Winston Churchill is determined to defeat the Nazi menace, no matter the costs.</p><p>Luckily for Churchill, one quirky Englishman has seen the future. Air Vice-Marshall Hugh Dowding is head of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command. He has spent years preparing his nations aerial defenses, utilizing the new technology of radar, training hundreds of hand-picked young pilots, and overseeing the design and purchase of the worlds most up-to-date fighter aircraft. In time, the names "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" will become iconic, these airplanes synonymous with a David versus Goliath struggle between the RAF and German Luftwaffe. For the first time in history, the battlefield will not be land or water but entirely contested in the blue skies above. Nazi victory depends upon their overwhelming air power. The fate of not just the British people, but all of Western Civilization, hinges on a small group of elite pilots stopping this onslaughta band of brothers who will go down in history as the Few.</p><p><em><strong>Taking London</strong></em> puts the reader inside the action, telling the complex personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske, all set against the defiant backdrop of wartime London. Told in fast-paced, you-are-there fashion, this third book in the epic Taking series will have readers turning the pages late into the night.</p>...(*_*)9780593828106_<p><strong>From Martin Dugard, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling coauthor of Bill OReillys Killing serieswith more than 12 million copies soldcomes a soaring account of Englands desperate fight to fend off German invasion.</strong></p><p>Great Britain, summer 1940. The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Adolf Hitlers powerful armies control Europe. England stands alone against this juggernaut, the whole world knowing it is only a matter of time before Nazi Germany unleashes its military might on the island nation. And in London, a new prime minister named Winston Churchill is determined to defeat the Nazi menace, no matter the costs.</p><p>Luckily for Churchill, one quirky Englishman has seen the future. Air Vice-Marshall Hugh Dowding is head of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command. He has spent years preparing his nations aerial defenses, utilizing the new technology of radar, training hundreds of hand-picked young pilots, and overseeing the design and purchase of the worlds most up-to-date fighter aircraft. In time, the names "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" will become iconic, these airplanes synonymous with a David versus Goliath struggle between the RAF and German Luftwaffe. For the first time in history, the battlefield will not be on land or in water but entirely contested in the skies above. Nazi victory depends upon their overwhelming air power, and the fate of not just the British people but all of Western Civilization hinges on a small group of elite pilots stopping this onslaughta band of brothers who will go down in history as the Few.</p><p><em>Taking London</em> puts the reader inside the action, bringing to life the personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske, all set against the defiant backdrop of wartime London. Told in fast-paced, you-are-there fashion, this third book in the epic Taking series is an indelible portrait of the moment the tide of WWII was turned, and the incredible heroes who made it happen.</p>...9780593828106_Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Groupaudiolibro_d4ffb46e-dac9-3eda-8e80-37059429bec5_9780593828106;9780593828106_9780593828106Martin DugardInglésMéxico2024-06-11T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2024-06-11T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group