LEADER 02856nam 2200589 450 001 9910815795803321 005 20230802012431.0 010 $a1-78159-203-9 010 $a1-4738-1892-3 010 $a1-78383-960-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001314385 035 $a(EBL)1718487 035 $a(OCoLC)881367121 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001226069 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11719685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001226069 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11271007 035 $a(PQKB)11709278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1718487 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1718487 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10884697 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL617533 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001314385 100 $a20140628e20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 15$aThe 'baby killers' $eGerman air raids on Britain in the First World War /$fThomas Fegan 210 1$aSouth Yorkshire, England :$cPen & Sword Military,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-85052-893-3 311 $a1-306-86282-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 330 $aJust 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 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAerial operations, German 606 $aBombing, Aerial$zGreat Britain 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAerial operations, German. 615 0$aBombing, Aerial 676 $a940.442 700 $aFegan$b Thomas$01680770 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815795803321 996 $aThe 'baby killers$94049716 997 $aUNINA