LEADER 03473nam 2200661 450 001 9910822648803321 005 20230807193643.0 010 $a1-61251-391-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000491577 035 $a(EBL)4414298 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001567574 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16216014 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001567574 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13970295 035 $a(PQKB)10543099 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)13843322 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13879302 035 $a(PQKB)24724097 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4563529 035 $a(DLC) 2015028818 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4563529 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11230091 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL840244 035 $a(OCoLC)951972319 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000491577 100 $a20160712h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStriking the hornets' nest $enaval aviation and the origins of strategic bombing in World War I /$fGeoffrey L. Rossano, Thomas Wildenberg 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61251-390-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBlazing the path: the Royal Naval Air Service and the beginnings of strategic bombing -- Crushing the hornets' nest -- Naval aviation enters the arena: April-December 1917 -- The Dunkirk dilemma -- Bombardment aviation: America to the rescue -- The General Board speaks: January-March 1918 -- Paris charts a different course: January-April 1918 -- The great debate: March-May 1918 -- Night bombers needed -- Putting the plan into motion: May-July 1918 -- Training of personnel -- Capronis coveted: Army versus Navy in Italy -- Airbases and support facilities -- Send in the Marines -- Learning from the British: July-November 1918 -- Operations against the enemy: the campaign begins -- Operations against the enemy: day bombing -- Bombing, bombing, and more bombing -- Lessons and legacies. 330 $aStriking the Hornets' Nest provides the first extensive analysis of the Northern Bombing Group (NBG), the Navy's most innovative aviation initiative of World War I and one of the world's first dedicated strategic bombing programs. Very little has been written about the Navy's aviation activities in World War I and even less on the NBG. Standard studies of strategic bombing tend to focus on developments in the Royal Air Force or the U.S. Army Air Service. This work concentrates on the origins of strategic bombing in World War I, and the influence this phenomenon had on the Navy's future use of 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAerial operations 606 $aNaval aviation$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBombing, Aerial$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAir power$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAerial operations. 615 0$aNaval aviation$xHistory 615 0$aBombing, Aerial$xHistory 615 0$aAir power$xHistory 676 $a940.4/4 700 $aRossano$b Geoffrey Louis$01597259 702 $aWildenberg$b Thomas$f1947- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822648803321 996 $aStriking the hornets' nest$94001321 997 $aUNINA