The Bridport Literary Festival 2018

In the early days of 1944, as the build-up to D-Day intensified, an audacious plan was taking shape in the form of Operation Argument – a brutal and systematic strategy to sledgehammer the Luftwaffe into submission. The plan was to clear the skies for the Allied invasion of France later in the summer. On Sunday 20th February, a massive airborne assault was unleashed. The Americans launched their first-ever thousand bomber raids by day while the RAF attacked at night. What followed over that Big Week was the largest air battle ever witnessed. In the 100th Anniversary of the RAF, best selling historian and broadcaster, James Holland, brings to life the first ever narrative history of what happened with a enthralling illustrated talk to amaze and excite.

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* Please note change of date, time and venue from originally advertised, the talk is 11.00 am at Electric Palace.