Convoy Peewit 1940: the First Day of the Battle of Britain

During the morning of 7 August 1940 over twenty merchant ships set sail in Convoy CW9 Peewit and edged past Dover, hugging the shore, slowly heading westwards as daylight faded. This title gives a chronological breakdown of events on land, sea and air, setting them into context against the wider picture that was the Battle of Britain.