Ian Castle tells the story of Germany's air offensive against Britain, in which, from May 1915 until October 1917, zeppelins dropped thousands of tons of bombs on London. Initially the city was woefully unprotected but an integrated air defense system was progressively developed in response to the early months' destruction and casualties.
Over a year was to pass before the first zeppelin was downed over British soil by the Royal Flying Corps but successes then steadily mounted as observation and communication networks improved and new tactics were learned. In his revealing account of a terrifying campaign which was to be repeated only decades later in the Luftwaffe's Blitz, the author describes the birth of a new arena of warfare, "the home front."
Ian Castle
Introduction/Chronology/The road to war/Opposing commanders/Opposing plans/The 1915 raids/The 1916 raids/The 1917 raids/1918: the end of the Zeppelin war/The sites today/Select bibliography/Order of battle for the London raids/Index
Show moreIan Castle tells the story of Germany's air offensive against Britain, in which, from May 1915 until October 1917, zeppelins dropped thousands of tons of bombs on London. Initially the city was woefully unprotected but an integrated air defense system was progressively developed in response to the early months' destruction and casualties.
Over a year was to pass before the first zeppelin was downed over British soil by the Royal Flying Corps but successes then steadily mounted as observation and communication networks improved and new tactics were learned. In his revealing account of a terrifying campaign which was to be repeated only decades later in the Luftwaffe's Blitz, the author describes the birth of a new arena of warfare, "the home front."
Ian Castle
Introduction/Chronology/The road to war/Opposing commanders/Opposing plans/The 1915 raids/The 1916 raids/The 1917 raids/1918: the end of the Zeppelin war/The sites today/Select bibliography/Order of battle for the London raids/Index
Show moreIntroduction
Chronology
The road to war
Opposing commanders
Opposing plans
The 1915 raids
The 1916 raids
The 1917 raids
1918: the end of the Zeppelin war
The sites today
Select bibliography
Order of battle for the London raids
Index
Ian Castle has lived in London all his life. Here, he
combines his passion for military history with a fascination for
the history of the city. His previous books have focused on his
other great interests: the Napoleonic Wars and Britain’s
19th-century wars in South Africa, but this is the first exploring
his interests in the early aviation pioneers.
Christa Hook began her illustrating career in 1986. Her work
has featured extensively in the worlds of publishing and
television, and she has established herself as one of Osprey's most
popular illustrators. Her illustrations combine the historian's
attention to detail with the artist's sense of drama and
atmosphere, and they are sought after by collectors worldwide. She
has had work selected for the Laing Land and Seascape Exhibition
2000 at the Mall, and the Not the Royal Academy Exhibition 2000 at
the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery.
"The book is a fascinating read into the initial hopes and expectations, the campaign itself and the results of that campaign. A book I am sure you will enjoy as much as did I and one that I can highly recommend to you." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness (September 2008) "Ian Castle's London 1914-17: The Zeppelin Menace reveals the Zeppelin raids on London which fostered a new kind of warfare and German successes." --California Bookwatch (May 2008) "All of the raids are described here in considerable details, with their results on the ground and the losses inflicted upon them. Individual maps show the course of each airship that reached London, and where its bombs hit, and there are many contemporary photographs as well as good colour plates." --John Prigent, Internet Modeler (April 2008)
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