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Royal Air Force VOL 1 The Fight At Odds, VOL 2 The Fight Avails & VOL 3 The Fight is Won 1939-1945. Denis Richards & Hilary St. G. Sauncers. X3 Hardback books. The definitive, officially commissioned three-volume interim history of the Royal Air Force during World War II, written by Denis Richards and Hilary St. George Saunders. Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) between 1953 and 1954, this highly regarded series provides an authoritative, accessible look at RAF strategy, policy, and front-line campaigns using direct access to Air Ministry archives. Volume 1: The Fight at Odds (1939–1941). Written by Denis Richards, this book tracks the RAF from the 1934 rearmament plans through the early desperate years of the war. It covers the ”Phoney War”, the Norway campaign, the fall of France, the Battle of Britain, and the Blitz.Volume 2: The Fight Avails (1941–1943). Written jointly by Richards and Saunders, this volume covers the middle years of the war. It documents the expansion of the strategic air offensive, the turning of the tide in the Western Desert, and anti-shipping operations against German U-boats.Volume 3: The Fight is Won (1943–1945). Written primarily by Hilary St. George Saunders, this concluding book assumes a more narrative, literary style. It chronicles the D-Day landings, the liberation of Europe, the campaign against V-weapons, and ultimate victory in the Far East.