Enemy at the Gates: Panic Fighters of the Second World War

When the Nazis started to threaten the world with their efficient machine of propaganda, the main concern of European governments was the overwhelming reaction of panic that the expected bombing of the Luftwaffe might cause within the civil population. During the Munich Agreement in 1938, the democracies were defended by old biplanes and a bunch of modern fighters: 50 Hurricanes, 20 Morane—405 and 5 Fokker D.XXI. France and Great Britain took up the production of USA airplanes and cancelled...