London 1914-17 The Zeppelin Menace

Name: London 1914-17 The Zeppelin Menace
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ISBN: 9781846032455

ISBN-10: 1846032458

ISBN-13: 9781846032455

Edition: 2008

Authors: Ian Castle, Christa Hook

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Ian Castle tells the story of Germany's air offensive against Britain, in which, from May 1915 until October 1917, zeppelins dropped thousands of tons of bombs on London. Initially the city was woefully unprotected but an integrated air defense system was progressively developed in response to the early months' destruction and casualties. Over a year was to pass before the first zeppelin was downed over British soil by the Royal Flying Corps but successes then steadily mounted as observation and communication networks improved and new tactics were learned. In his revealing account of a terrifying campaign which was to be repeated only decades later in the Luftwaffe's Blitz, the author…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 3/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 7.23" wide x 9.68" long x 0.20" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Ian Castle is an experienced historian who is a member of the Napoleonic Association, the Victorian Military Society and is a consultant for the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society. Ian began writing more than ten years ago and, besides contributing numerous articles to military journals, he has written ten books, five of which are in the Osprey Campaign series The author lives in London, UK.