02856nam 2200589 450 991081579580332120230802012431.01-78159-203-91-4738-1892-31-78383-960-0(CKB)2550000001314385(EBL)1718487(OCoLC)881367121(SSID)ssj0001226069(PQKBManifestationID)11719685(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001226069(PQKBWorkID)11271007(PQKB)11709278(MiAaPQ)EBC1718487(Au-PeEL)EBL1718487(CaPaEBR)ebr10884697(CaONFJC)MIL617533(EXLCZ)99255000000131438520140628e20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe 'baby killers' German air raids on Britain in the First World War /Thomas FeganSouth Yorkshire, England :Pen & Sword Military,2012.©20121 online resource (191 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85052-893-3 1-306-86282-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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 GerWorld War, 1914-1918Aerial operations, GermanBombing, AerialGreat BritainWorld War, 1914-1918Aerial operations, German.Bombing, Aerial940.442Fegan Thomas1680770MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815795803321The 'baby killers4049716UNINA