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

• Autore: Fegan Thomas
• Pubblicazione: South Yorkshire, England : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.442
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, German; Bombing, Aerial - Great Britain
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The 'baby killers
• ISBN: 1-78159-203-9; 1-4738-1892-3; 1-78383-960-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791026803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II