The First Air Raid On Lancashire
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The First Air Raid On Lancashire
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Author : Scott Carter-Clavell
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2016-09-15
The First Air Raid On Lancashire written by Scott Carter-Clavell and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-15 with History categories.
A detailed account of the Zeppelin raid on Rossendale and Bolton on 25-26th September 1916.
Zeppelins Over Lancashire
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Author : Peter J. C. Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Zeppelins Over Lancashire written by Peter J. C. Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Bombing, Aerial categories.
The Baby Killers
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Author : Thomas Fegan
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-08-05
The Baby Killers written by Thomas Fegan 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 2013-08-05 with History categories.
Just over a decade after the Wright Brothers’ triumph of powered flight, the conduct of war was changed for ever. Until the Kaiser’s Zeppelins raided British cities and towns, it had been unthinkable that civilian populations and property hundreds of miles from the battlefield could be at risk from sudden death and destruction. In the first section of The ‘Baby Killers’ Thomas Fegan charts the precise chronology of the air raids on Britain in this most thorough and fascinating work. From the start-point of the doom-laden prophecies of HG Wells and others, he describes the development of the German threat and the desperate search for answers to it. He analyses public reaction and assesses the effectiveness of the campaign as it progressed from airships to Gotha heavy bombers and, later, ‘Giants’. The second part of this superbly researched book features a gazetteer to the places bombed. The extent of the list, which includes Edinburgh, Hull and Greater Manchester, will almost certainly surprise most readers. Helpfully there are also comprehensive lists of memorials and relevant museums. The ‘Baby Killers’ provides a chilling insight into an aspect of The Great War which is all too often overlooked. Yet, at the time, these raids, while modest compared with those of the Second World War Blitz, shook national morale and instilled great fear and outrage. This is an important and highly readable work.
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’.
German Air Raids On Great Britain 1914 1918
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Author : Joseph Morris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-12
German Air Raids On Great Britain 1914 1918 written by Joseph Morris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12 with categories.
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.
The Air Raid Girls
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Author : Jenny Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2021-03-18
The Air Raid Girls written by Jenny Holmes and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-18 with Fiction categories.
May, 1941. Meet the Air Raid Girls: three young women keen to do their bit during the Yorkshire blitz. Connie's life has taken an unexpected turn since her husband died - she's living at home and working in the family bakery - but night shifts as an ARP Warden give her a firm sense of purpose. Her younger sister Lizzie is eager to play her part too, perhaps as an ambulance driver. Her fiance refuses to support her decision... but does he really know what's best for her? Twenty-year-old Pamela has led a sheltered life, but when her family's home is destroyed in a raid she must learn to stand on her own two feet - helped by new friends. As bombs fall and fires rage, the young women face the destruction of everything they've ever known. Can their fighting spirit prevail? And what of their families and the men they love? A thrilling and heartwarming new story of friendship, love and duty in wartime by the author of The Spitfire Girls, for fans of Elaine Everest and Rosie Hendry. **Don't miss the next two instalments in the series. The Air Raid Girls at Christmas and The Air Raid Girls: Wartime Brides are available now!** --------------------------------------------- Readers LOVE the Air Raid Girls series: 'There wasn't anything I didn't like about this book' 5 star review 'In all the women at war series of book I have read so far, I think this is the best' 5 star review 'I couldn't put this book down' 5 star review 'Loved the whole story. Hated it coming to an end' 5 star review 'Just the kind of book I like' 5 star review
British Civilians In The Front Line
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Author : Helen Jones
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2006-04-30
British Civilians In The Front Line written by Helen Jones and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-30 with History categories.
"By drawing on a range of sources, including secret government documents, newspapers, national and local records, feature films, as well as interviews with those who worked during air raids, this book provides an analysis of private meanings and public media representations of civilians 'in the front line'. It will be enjoyed by historians of the Second World War and those seeking to understand better ways in which civilians have experienced war in the twentieth century."--Jacket.
War Torn
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Author : Guy Hodgson
language : en
Publisher: University of Chester
Release Date : 2015-05-22
War Torn written by Guy Hodgson and has been published by University of Chester this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-22 with History categories.
The Manchester Blitz lasted two nights in December 1940, when around 1,000 people were killed and more than 3,000 injured. This book focuses on the reaction by the local and regional newspapers of Manchester, which was Britain's second press centre at the time, to this heavy bombing.
Air Raid
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Author : Tom McGowen
language : en
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Air Raid written by Tom McGowen and has been published by Lerner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Offers a history of aerial bombardment, from the first hand-held bombs to the firebombing of World War II, including the use of atomic bombs and discussing the strategy by the Germans and the rationale of the response by the Allies.
Air Raids On South West Essex In The Great War
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Author : Alan Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-07-30
Air Raids On South West Essex In The Great War written by Alan Simpson 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 2015-07-30 with History categories.
A quarter of a century before the Blitz of 1940, the inhabitants of south-west Essex were terrorized by an earlier aerial menace. Over the course of four years, German Zeppelins, Gothas and Giants flew above their homes, unleashing hundreds of highly explosive and incendiary bombs on London. During three of these raids, bombs were dropped on Leyton and many others landed elsewhere in south-west Essex. These early air raids are now largely forgotten in local memory, but for the inhabitants of the time the attacks were unprecedented, unexpected and lethal. In the years since the Great War a great deal of literature has been published on London's first air raids and about the defence network that evolved around the metropolis, but what happened in the capital's eastern suburbs and the nearby Essex countryside has received less coverage. This meticulously researched and insightful book attempts to put that right, looking at the area which, in 1914, was part of south-west Essex, but now comprises the London boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Newham, and Barking and Dagenham. Focussing in particular on Leyton and Ilford, this is the first book to ever examine what happened before and after the raiders reached and bombarded the capital. The author has included a wide range of contemporary letters, diaries and newspaper reports from local sources, plus several previously unseen photographs. To set the story in its wider context, the book also contains a wealth of information about the defence of the London area generally and vivid reports from combatants on both sides.