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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458278103321

Autore

Fegan Thomas

Titolo

The 'baby killers' : German air raids on Britain in the First World War / / Thomas Fegan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

South Yorkshire, England : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-78159-203-9

1-4738-1892-3

1-78383-960-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

940.442

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, German

Bombing, Aerial - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Dedication""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1 The Threat from Above and Britain's Defences""; ""Chapter 2 The First Zeppelin Raids""; ""Chapter 3 The Zeppelins Falter""; ""Chapter 4 Popular Responses to the Air Raids""; ""Chapter 5 The Coming of the Gothas""; ""Chapter 6 Giants in the Sky""; ""Chapter 7 The Defeat of the Raiders""; ""Gazetteer Introduction""; ""London""; ""England (excluding London)""; ""Scotland""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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 Ger