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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

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

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Sometimes tragedies that have little to distinguish them from a wide range of similar events and which can make no claim to record numbers of casualties or destructive impact go down in history as fundamental and emblematic. This is the case of two of the airstrikes discussed in this volume: Barcelona and Dresden. Other tragedies, however, are sometimes obscured by circumstances elsewhere. This is the case of the “other Guernicas”: that is to say, the bombings of Otxandio, Durango and Elorrio in Biscay. They are good examples not only of the brutality inherent in all wars and of how methods of combat become increasingly barbaric as conflicts wear on but also of the way in which some circumstances push events to the forefront of history and make them emblematic.

Bombing, Aerial. --- Terror. --- Spanish Civil War --- Second World War --- Germany --- Spain

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Burning Japan is an investigation of how and why the air force shifted its tactics against Japan from a precision bombing strategy to area attacks. The guiding doctrine of the 1930s and 1940s called for focused attacks on specific targets deep behind enemy lines. Eager to prove itself, the nascent Army Air Force at first lauded the indispensability of strategic bombardment in areas otherwise unreachable by the army or navy. But when strategic bombing failed to yield the desired results in Europe and in initial efforts against Japan, the United States switched tactics, a shift that culminated i

Bombing, Aerial --- Incendiary bombs --- World War, 1939-1945 --- History --- Campaigns --- Aerial operations, American.

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This book provides a comprehensive look at air war over Europe during the climactic year of World War II, combining firsthand experience with expert analysis. The centerpiece is a mission-by-mission diary of 1st Lieutenant Richard R. Ayesh, bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress, who flew with the 100th Bombardment Group, 13th Combat Wing of the 8th Air Force-the legendary "Bloody 100th." He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Croix de Guerre and the Air Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters, amongst others.This book follows Ayesh's progress from his youth during the Great Depression in Wichita

World War, 1939-1945 --- Bombing, Aerial --- Aerial bombing --- Air strikes --- Airstrikes --- Air warfare --- Bombardment --- Bombers --- Aerial operations, American. --- History --- Ayesh, Richard R. --- Ayesh, Dick

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As a result of the author's research through thousands of classified files, Selling Schweinfurt examines the relationships between air-intelligence organizations and key decision-makers.

Operation Pointblank, 1943-1944. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Bombing, Aerial --- Aerial operations, American. --- Military intelligence. --- History --- United States. --- United States. --- Great Britain. --- History --- History