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The Defence Of London 1915 1918
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Author : Alfred Rawlinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
The Defence Of London 1915 1918 written by Alfred Rawlinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Air defenses categories.
The Defence Of London 1915 1918
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Author : A. Rawlinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-10-27
The Defence Of London 1915 1918 written by A. Rawlinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with History categories.
The Defence Of London 1915 1918 Classic Reprint
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Author : A. RAWLINSON
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-24
The Defence Of London 1915 1918 Classic Reprint written by A. RAWLINSON and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-24 with categories.
Excerpt from The Defence of London 1915-1918 Colonel rawlinson has written this book on our defence of London against attacks from the air by Germany. He has to admit that we had no defence. He explains that a defence was, although late, gradually worked up, and that after 524 people had been killed, injured (non-combatant men, women, and children), and worth of property destroyed, we had taken reasonable precautions and the Germans did not enjoy visiting us any more. He explains how blind men were used to locate airships or 'p1anes; it sounds strange, but it is true. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Defence Of London 1915 1918
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Author : Sir Alfred Rawlinson (bart.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
The Defence Of London 1915 1918 written by Sir Alfred Rawlinson (bart.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with categories.
Fear
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Author : Joanna Bourke
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-02-05
Fear written by Joanna Bourke and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-05 with History categories.
Fear is one of the most basic and most powerful of all the human emotions. Sometimes it is hauntingly specific: flames searing patterns on the ceiling, a hydrogen bomb, a terrorist. More often, anxiety overwhelms us from some source within: there is an irrational panic about venturing outside, a dread of failure, a premonition of doom. In this astonishing book we encounter the fears and anxieties of hundreds of British and American men, women and children. From fear of the crowd to agoraphobia, from battle experiences to fear of nuclear attack, from cancer to AIDS, this is an utterly original insight into the mindset of the twentieth century from one of most brilliant historians and thinkers of our time.
The Next War In The Air
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Author : Brett Holman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-17
The Next War In The Air written by Brett Holman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-17 with History categories.
In the early twentieth century, the new technology of flight changed warfare irrevocably, not only on the battlefield, but also on the home front. As prophesied before 1914, Britain in the First World War was effectively no longer an island, with its cities attacked by Zeppelin airships and Gotha bombers in one of the first strategic bombing campaigns. Drawing on prewar ideas about the fragility of modern industrial civilization, some writers now began to argue that the main strategic risk to Britain was not invasion or blockade, but the possibility of a sudden and intense aerial bombardment of London and other cities, which would cause tremendous destruction and massive casualties. The nation would be shattered in a matter of days or weeks, before it could fully mobilize for war. Defeat, decline, and perhaps even extinction, would follow. This theory of the knock-out blow from the air solidified into a consensus during the 1920s and by the 1930s had largely become an orthodoxy, accepted by pacifists and militarists alike. But the devastation feared in 1938 during the Munich Crisis, when gas masks were distributed and hundreds of thousands fled London, was far in excess of the damage wrought by the Luftwaffe during the Blitz in 1940 and 1941, as terrible as that was. The knock-out blow, then, was a myth. But it was a myth with consequences. For the first time, The Next War in the Air reconstructs the concept of the knock-out blow as it was articulated in the public sphere, the reasons why it came to be so widely accepted by both experts and non-experts, and the way it shaped the responses of the British public to some of the great issues facing them in the 1930s, from pacifism to fascism. Drawing on both archival documents and fictional and non-fictional publications from the period between 1908, when aviation was first perceived as a threat to British security, and 1941, when the Blitz ended, and it became clear that no knock-out blow was coming, The Next War in the Air provides a fascinating insight into the origins and evolution of this important cultural and intellectual phenomenon, Britain's fear of the bomber.
Zeppelin Onslaught
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Author : Ian Castle
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2018-05-30
Zeppelin Onslaught written by Ian Castle and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-30 with History categories.
A riveting account of the first sustained, strategic aerial bombing campaign in history—by German airships on Britain in the First World War. At the outbreak of the Great War, the United Kingdom had no aerial defense capability worthy of the name. Britain had just thirty guns to defend the entire country, with all but five of these considered of dubious value. So when raiding German aircraft finally appeared over Britain, the response was negligible and ineffective. Of Britain’s fledgling air forces, the Royal Flying Corps had accompanied the British Expeditionary Force into Europe—leaving the Royal Naval Air Service to defend the country as best it could. That task was not an easy one. From the first raid in December 1914, aerial attacks gradually increased through 1915, culminating in highly damaging assaults on London in September and October. London, however, was not the only recipient of German bombs, with counties from Northumberland to Kent also experiencing the indiscriminate death and destruction found in this new theater of war: the Home Front. And when the previously unimagined horror of bombs falling from the sky began, the British population was initially left exposed and largely undefended as civilians were killed in the streets or lying asleep in their beds. The face of war had changed forever, and those raids on London in the autumn of 1915 finally forced the government to pursue a more effective defense against air attack. This German air campaign against the UK was the first sustained strategic aerial bombing campaign in history. Yet it has become the forgotten Blitz. In Zeppelin Onslaught Ian Castle tells the complete story of the 1915 raids in unprecedented detail in what is the first in a planned three-book series.
Strategy Without Slide Rule
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Author : Barry D. Powers
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-03-30
Strategy Without Slide Rule written by Barry D. Powers and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-30 with History categories.
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.
The Royal Navy S Reserves In War Peace 1903 2003
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Author : Stephen Howarth
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2003-12-19
The Royal Navy S Reserves In War Peace 1903 2003 written by Stephen Howarth and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-19 with History categories.
The official volume marking the centenary of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, known as the 'Wavy Navy' because of the distinctive wavy gold stripes on the reservists' uniforms, from its formation in 1903 through its unification with the mercantile Royal Reserve in 1958, and on to its present complete integration with the Royal Navy as 'the part-time element of a single naval service'.It charts the difficulties, setbacks and delights of the reservists' peacetime years of service and chronicles their vital contributions during wartime.Since the end of the Cold War and the dramatic near-dissolution of the RNR in 1994, members of the modernized part-time volunteer service have served in many different RN operations at sea, on land and in the air, from the Balkans to the Gulf.This detailed and vivid history which and profusely illustrated is by a distinguished writer of naval history who served in the modern RNR both as a rating and an officer for over eleven years.
The First Blitz
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Author : Ian Castle
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-20
The First Blitz written by Ian Castle and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-20 with History categories.
This book tells the story of Germany's strategic air offensive against Britain, and how it came to be neutralized. The first Zeppelin attack on London came in May 1915 – and with it came the birth of a new arena of warfare, the 'home front'. German airships attempted to raid London on 26 separate occasions between May 1915 and October 1917, but only reached the capital and bombed successfully on nine occasions. From May 1917 onwards, this theatre of war entered a new phase as German Gotha bombers set out to attack London in the first bomber raid. London's defences were again overhauled to face this new threat, providing the basis for Britain's defence during World War II. This comprehensive volume tells the story of the first aerial campaign in history, as the famed Zeppelins, and then the Gotha and the massive Staaken 'Giant' bombers waged war against the civilian population of London in the first ever 'Blitz'.