It takes the average reader 20 hours and 34 minutes to read The Royal Air Force: Re-Armament 1930 to 1939 by Ian M. Philpott
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Volume II of this mammoth reference work covers the years in which the League of Nations failed because of the emerging dictatorships in Germany and Italy and the expansionist policies adopted by Japan. Britain was still reeling from the consequences of World War I and the RAF was sadly far behind the other major world powers in aircraft design, still relying on bi-planes that were direct descendants of World War I thinking. It gradually became apparent that, despite UK government dithering, the RAF needed to develop new aircraft, engines and increase production to confront the bully-boy tactics of the Axis powers. As the turn of the decade approached extraordinary measures were taken to enable RAF to defend Britain's skies and this her freedom. As with Volume 1, this book covers every conceivable part of the RAF's history through these pre-War days. It looks at the development and invention of new equipment such as radar, monoplane fighters, metal construction and the heavy bomber. This was an era when science in aviation was rushing ahead and fortunately for Britain's freedom, it laid the foundations of victory in 1.943
The Royal Air Force: Re-Armament 1930 to 1939 by Ian M. Philpott is 1,206 pages long, and a total of 308,736 words.
This makes it 407% the length of the average book. It also has 377% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 28 hours and 7 minutes to read The Royal Air Force: Re-Armament 1930 to 1939 aloud.
The Royal Air Force: Re-Armament 1930 to 1939 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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