Right of the Line
Book • 2010
John Terraine's 'Right of the Line' provides a detailed operational and strategic history of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Drawing on official records, personal accounts, and operational analysis, Terraine examines how the RAF evolved, fought, and contributed to Allied victory.
The book places air operations in their wider political and military contexts, assessing leadership, doctrine, and technology.
Terraine balances narrative history with critical assessment of RAF strategy and effectiveness across different campaigns.
The work is regarded as a substantial and authoritative study by military historians and air-power scholars.
The book places air operations in their wider political and military contexts, assessing leadership, doctrine, and technology.
Terraine balances narrative history with critical assessment of RAF strategy and effectiveness across different campaigns.
The work is regarded as a substantial and authoritative study by military historians and air-power scholars.
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S6E14: Force Integration in 1940: Dowding's Air Defence System
