Zeppelins over the Midlands : the air raids of 31 January 1916 / Mick Powis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powis, Mick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, German.

World War, 1914-1918.

Airships--Germany--History.

Airships.

Military operations, Aerial--German.

History.

Germany.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 206 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2016.

Summary:

Minute by Minute Details of the Most Destructive Zeppelin Raid of the War, the First Strategic Bombardment of Britain. The Civilian as Well as Military Aspects of the Raid are Intensively Researched Using Local History Sources and Coroner's Report, as Well as Wartime G.H.Q Documents. Many Details are Published for the First Time, Including the Names and Circumstances of the Casualties. The Tragic Human Cost is Revealed in Poignant Detail. Full Details of the Military Aspects of the Raid Include Details of Many of the Officers and Crews Involved, the Planning, the Routes Taken by Each Zeppelin, Locations where Bombs were Dropped, Operational and Technical Details of the Craft Involved and their Fate. The Response by the British to the Raid, the Development of the Air Defence System, and the Defeat of the Zeppelin as a Weapon of War. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 A Noise like Thunder and Lightning

ch. 2 Like a Great White Mountain

ch. 3 A Second Coming

ch. 4 The Bright Lights of Loughborough

ch. 5 Rolls-Royce Town

ch. 6 A Much Admired Man

ch. 7 England Shall be Destroyed by Fire

ch. 8 Target Middle England

ch. 9 Anger

ch. 10 How to Shoot Down a Zeppelin

ch. 11 The Burning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1473834198

9781473834194

OCLC:

962390044

Publisher Number:

99969472097