Book Description
En meget grundig gennemgang af det engelske luftforsvar mod dag- og natluftangreb under 1. verdenskrig.
Author : Christopher Cole
Publisher : Conway Maritime Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,18 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN :
En meget grundig gennemgang af det engelske luftforsvar mod dag- og natluftangreb under 1. verdenskrig.
Author : Joseph Morris
Publisher : London : S. Low
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Bombing, Aerial
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Author : Edward Bailey ASHMORE
Publisher :
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 34,26 MB
Release : 1929
Category :
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Author : Barry D. Powers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1000339300
The early history of British aerial defence development is one of misdirection and delusion. The misdirection, judging by the criteria of successful aerial defence in World War II, was primarily in the downgrading of home defence measures including the fighter plane. The delusion, again judging by Britain’s efforts in that second world war, was primarily in the assumption of the effects to be obtained by strategic bombing. In both cases, the First World War was a major catalyst. Although events and writings before that war indicate the coming patterns, it was during that war that a great amount of the patterns are well established. Originally published in 1976, this work explores these origins and stresses the interaction between various diverse segments of English society in the formation of the major patterns. The working out of these patterns in the first half of the interwar years is also analysed, again with respect to diverse groupings in Britain.
Author : Sir Walter Raleigh
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 46,82 MB
Release : 2014-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1783462485
This magnificent and comprehensive volume was written in 1922 by Professor Walter Raleigh. Originally entitled The History of the War in the Air (Being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force) this all embracing and vital work features the most important account of the aerial battles, the men and the machines.??Raleigh was Professor of English Literature at Glasgow University and Chair of English Literature at Oxford University. On the outbreak of the Great War he turned to the war as his primary subject. His finest book on the subject is this, the first volume of The War in the Air, which was an instant publishing success. Unfortunately the projected second volume was never completed as Raleigh died from typhoid (which he contracted during a visit to the Near East) in 1922. Nonetheless, Professor Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh has attained classic status as a result of this mighty work and this legendary volume ensures his status as a military author par excellence.
Author : Christopher Cole
Publisher : Conway Maritime Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,4 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN :
En meget grundig gennemgang af det engelske luftforsvar mod dag- og natluftangreb under 1. verdenskrig.
Author : Joseph Morris
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 2024-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474540230
Only full history of German airship and aircraft bombing raids on Britain in the Great War. The 103 attacks left 1,413 dead. Written with access to official records and from both sides of the campaign. The record of then fifty-one German airship and fifty-two aircraft bombing raids on England during the Great War in which 280 tons of bombs were dropped. Casualties amounted to 1,413 killed, and 3,408 wounded. This account is the first complete record of the raids, which also explains the origins and development of the German air bombing campaign over Britain, and how it was countered. Contemporary photos supplement the text in which German, as well as British, experiences are described. The author had access to official records, in particular a series of Air Raid reports prepared as they occurred by the War Office. An extremely unusual and valuable book.
Author : Kenneth Schaffel
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 37,45 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : James Pugh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,35 MB
Release : 2017-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1317016890
By the middle of 1918 the British Army had successfully mastered the concept of ’all arms’ warfare on the Western Front. This doctrine, integrating infantry, artillery, armoured vehicles and - crucially - air power, was to prove highly effective and formed the basis of major military operations for the next hundred years. Yet, whilst much has been written on the utilisation of ground forces, the air element still tends to be studied in isolation from the army as a whole. In order to move beyond the usual 'aircraft and aces' approach, this book explores the conceptual origins of the control of the air and the role of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) within the British army. In so doing it addresses four key themes. First, it explores and defines the most fundamental air power concept - the control of the air - by examining its conceptual origins before and during the First World War. Second, it moves beyond the popular history of air power during the First World War to reveal the complexity of the topic. Third, it reintegrates the study of air power during the First World War, specifically that of the RFC, into the strategic, operational, organisational, and intellectual contexts of the era, as well as embedding the study within the respective scholarly literatures of these contexts. Fourth, the book reinvigorates an entrenched historiography by challenging the usually critical interpretation of the RFC’s approach to the control of the air, providing new perspectives on air power during the First World War. This includes an exploration of the creation of the RAF and its impact on the development of air power concepts.
Author : Joseph Morris
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 1925
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN :