The Battle of Britain Five Months That Changed History, May—October 1940 by James Holland (z-lib.org).epub

References
Introduction
‘The Battle of Britain…’ TNA AIR 8/863
Part I: Miracles
1. First Flight
‘Practically everybody…’ This description comes from Crook, Spitfire
Pilot, pp. 19–20, but also from: Clive Denney, a latter-day Spitfire pilot;
Moss and McKee, Spitfires and Polished Metal; Price and Blackah,
Supermarine Spitfire: Owners’ Workshop Manual; and Pilot’s Notes Spitfire
IIA and IIB published by the Air Ministry
2. The Eve of Battle
‘grand evening’ Crook, Spitfire Pilot, p. 20
‘The battle which begins…’ Cited in Below, At Hitler’s Side, p. 57
‘What now?’ Cited in Schmidt, Hitler’s Interpreter, p. 158
‘Our enemy Number One’ Cited in Speer, Inside the Third Reich, p. 239
‘England is our enemy’ Cited in Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1936–1945, p. 193
‘They are nerve food’ Cited in Eberle and Uhl (eds.), The Hitler Book, p.
55
‘Out this morning…’ MO diarist 53967, 7/5/1940
‘If we allow him to remain in office…’ Ibid.
‘“You know how obstinate old people can be…”’ Ibid.
‘The Prime Minister looked stunned…’ JPK, diary, 9/5/1940
‘A terrible world…’ Ibid.
‘I think I shall…’ Cited in Martin Gilbert, Finest Hour, p. 305
‘My nose is much too big…’ Schroeder, Er war mein Chef, p. 100
‘Have you all got…’ Ibid.
‘The French and British…of the division’ Luck, Panzer Commander, p.
37
3. The Go-for-Broke Gamble
‘We had achieved surprise…’ Herrmann, Eagle’s Wings, p. 59
‘Meine Herren…’ Schroeder, Er war mein Chef, p. 102
‘air and sea war against England’ Cited in Frieser, Blitzkrieg Legend, p.
61
‘Surprise may now be regarded’ Halder, Diary, 18/2/1940