The Defeat Of The Zeppelins
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The Defeat Of The Zeppelins
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Author : Mick Powis
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-10-30
The Defeat Of The Zeppelins written by Mick Powis and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-30 with History categories.
Mick Powis describes the novel threat posed to the British war effort by the raids of German airships, or Zeppelins, and the struggle to develop effective defenses against them. Despite their size and relatively slow speed, the Zeppelins were hard to locate and destroy at first. They could fly higher than existing fighters and the early raids benefited from a lack of coordination between British services. The development of radio, better aircraft, incendiary ammunition, and, above all, a more coordinated defensive policy, gradually allowed the British to inflict heavy losses on the Zeppelins. The innovative use of seaplanes and planes launched from aircraft carriers allowed the Zeppelins to be intercepted before they reached Britain and to strike back with raids on the Zeppelin sheds. July 1918 saw the RAF and Royal Navy cooperate to destroy two Zeppelins in their base at Tondern (the first attack by aircraft launched from a carrier deck). The last Zeppelin raid on England came in August 1918 and resulted in the destruction of Zeppelin L70 and the death of Peter Strasser, Commander of the Imperial German Navys Zeppelin force.
Zeppelin Vs British Home Defence 1915 18
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Author : Jon Guttman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-03-09
Zeppelin Vs British Home Defence 1915 18 written by Jon Guttman and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-09 with History categories.
When Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin's rigid airship LZ 1 flew over Lake Constance in 1900, it was the most advanced and impressive flying machine in the world: a colossal, lighter-than-air craft capable of controlled flight. In World War I, Zeppelins were first used in a reconnaissance role, but on 19 January 1915 Kaiser Wilhelm II authorised their use in bombing strategic targets in England. From then on, 'Zeppelin' became synonymous with terror to the British, and indeed the airship's effectiveness was more psychological than material. Still, their raids compelled the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service to embark on a program of modernising their aerial defences, accelerating a process that would ultimately make the aeroplane, rather than the airship, the paramount flying machine of the war. Using specially commissioned artwork, contemporary photographs and first-hand accounts, this book tells the fascinating story of Britain's first Blitz, from the airships who terrorised the public to the men who sought to defend the skies.
Zeppelins
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Author : Charles Stephenson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-03-20
Zeppelins written by Charles Stephenson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-20 with History categories.
On 2 July 1900 the people of Friedrichshafen, Germany, witnessed a momentous occasion the first flight of LZ 1, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's first airship. Although deemed a failure, a succession of better craft (LZ2 to 10) enabled the Zeppelin to expand into the consumer market of airship travel, whilst also providing military craft for the German Army and Navy. The years of the Great War saw the Zeppelins undertake strategic bombing missions against Great Britain. This title covers the post-war fate of the Zeppelins, including the crash of the Hindenburg, and their use by the Luftwaffe at the beginning of World War II.
Zeppelins And Super Zeppelins
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Author : R. P. Hearne
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Zeppelins And Super Zeppelins written by R. P. Hearne and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter vi the zeppelin in warfare germany has taught us the abuse of the Zeppelin in warfare, and we can trace in it the same evil-directing spirit which has befouled the name of the German sailor and soldier. In the science and technique of war and war preparation the Germans had gained a triumph, which would be admirable if we can admire any part of this man-killing business. But in perfecting her military machine Germany destroyed her civilisation, and with it went many precious qualities incomparably better than military triumph. Germany could have achieved even greater results in the military as well as the political sense if she had not departed from the rules of warfare. The doctrine of frightfulness is a stupid creed when applied indiscriminately. It is on this doctrine that Germany misused her Zeppelins. Only a wooden-headed German militarist could believe that a great race like the French or the British could be stampeded into panic because some civilians were killed by submarines or airships. Quite possibly a small town or a little nation in the last extremity might be terrorised into submission by frightfulness directed against defenceless people. But to imagine that bombs on London, or even the destruction of London could terrify the British race is so absurd that it cannot be generally believed in Germany. We must seek in other directions for the motives of the German raids. In the previous chapter I have outlined the theory that the raids on England were dictated by the hysteric hatred which the Teuton gives way to under certain conditions. But there is also the grim prompting of ordered destruction. In the cold-blooded business of war you can weaken an enemy in numerous ways. There is the direct military injury of...
Zeppelin Inferno
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Author : Ian Castle
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2022-05-31
Zeppelin Inferno written by Ian Castle and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-31 with History categories.
At the beginning of 1916, as the world entered the second full year of global conflict, the cities, towns and villages of Britain continued to lay vulnerable to aerial bombardment. Throughout that period German Zeppelin airships and seaplanes had come and gone at will, their most testing opposition provided by the British weather as the country’s embryonic defences struggled to come to terms with this first ever assault from the air. Britain’s civilians were now standing on the frontline — the Home Front — like the soldiers who had marched off to war. But early in 1916 responsibility for Britain’s aerial defence passed from the Admiralty to the War Office and, as German air attacks intensified, new ideas and plans made dramatic improvements to Britain’s aerial defence capability. While this new system could give early warning of approaching raiders, there was a lack of effective weaponry with which to engage them when they arrived. Behind the scenes, however, three individuals, each working independently, were striving for a solution. The results of their work were spectacular; it lifted the mood of the nation and dramatically changed the way this campaign was fought over Britain. The German air campaign against Britain in the First World War was the first sustained strategic aerial bombing campaign in history. Despite this, it has become forgotten against the enormity of the Blitz of the Second World War, although for those caught up in the tragedy of these raids, the impact was every bit as devastating. In Zeppelin Inferno Ian Castle tells the full story of the 1916 raids in unprecedented detail in what is the second book in a trilogy that will reveal the complete story of Britain’s ‘Forgotten Blitz’.
Zeppelins Of World War I
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Author : Wilbur Cross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Zeppelins Of World War I written by Wilbur Cross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Airships categories.
The Development Of British Naval Aviation 1914 1918
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Author : Alexander Howlett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-06-08
The Development Of British Naval Aviation 1914 1918 written by Alexander Howlett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with History categories.
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) revolutionized warfare at sea, on land, and in the air. This little-known naval aviation organization introduced and operationalized aircraft carrier strike, aerial anti-submarine warfare, strategic bombing, and the air defence of the British Isles more than 20 years before the outbreak of the Second World War. Traditionally marginalized in a literature dominated by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force, the RNAS and its innovative practitioners, nevertheless, shaped the fundamentals of air power and contributed significantly to the Allied victory in the First World War. The Development of British Naval Aviation utilizes archival documents and newly published research to resurrect the legacy of the RNAS and demonstrate its central role in Britain’s war effort.
Zeppelin Blitz
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Author : Neil R Storey
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2015-01-05
Zeppelin Blitz written by Neil R Storey and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-05 with History categories.
In 1907, H.G. Wells published a science fiction novel called The War in the Air. It proved to be portentous. In the early years of the First World War, German lighter-than-air flying machines, Zeppelins, undertook a series of attacks on the British mainland. German military strategy was to subdue Britain, both by the damage these raids caused and by the terrifying nature of the craft that carried them out. This strategy proved successful. The early raids caused significant damage, many civilian casualties and provoked terror and anger in equal measure. But the British rapidly learnt how to deal with these futuristic monsters. A variety of defence mechanisms were developed: searchlights, guns and fighter aircraft were deployed, the British learnt to pick up the airships' radio messages and a central communications headquarters was set up. Within months aerial strategy and its impact on the lives of civilians and the course of conflict became part of human warfare. As the Chief of the Imperial German Naval Airship Division, Peter Strasser, crisply put it: 'There is no such thing as a non-combatant any more. Modern war is total war.' Zeppelin Blitz is the first full, raid-by-raid, year-by-year account of the Zeppelin air raids on Britain during the First World War, based on contemporary official reports and documents.
Zeppelins And Super Zeppelins
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Author : R. P. Hearne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
Zeppelins And Super Zeppelins written by R. P. Hearne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Aeronautics, Military categories.
Page xiv (blank on the first edition), printed as a footnote to the Introduction on the second edition. "Since the first edition went to press two more Zeppelin raids were made on England..."
The Zeppelin
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Author : Michael Belafi Belafi
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-03-31
The Zeppelin written by Michael Belafi Belafi and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-31 with History categories.
This new publication from Michael Belafi offers some truly intriguing content. Photographs of the mighty Zeppelin at all stages of development feature in a publication that aims to chart the entire course of the airship's history. ??Named after the German Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, an early pioneer of rigid airship development, the Zeppelin was first flown commercially by Deutsch Luftschiffahrts (DELAG), the world's first airline in revenue service. By mid-1914, DELAG had carried over 10,000 fare-paying passengers on over 1500 flights. When war hit, it was employed to military advantage, wreaking carnage upon Britain's towns and cities. German defeat in 1918 temporarily halted the airship business (many had to be surrendered under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles), although it did bounce back with the construction of the Graf Zeppelin in the 30s. A series of terrible accidents was soon to signal the demise of the Zeppelin however; following the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, and in the midst of a host of political and economic issues, the Zeppelin was soon to be consigned to the history books as one of the great aviation relics of the 20th Century. This new publication explores each facet of its history, and concludes by assessing the legacy of rigid airship development, still felt to this day.