Zeppelin Onslaught - The Forgotten Blitz 1914 - 1915Pevná vazba
Zeppelin Onslaught - The Forgotten Blitz 1914 - 1915Pevná vazba At the outbreak of the First World War, the United Kingdom had no aerial defense capability worthy of the name. So when raiding German…
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Zeppelin Onslaught - The Forgotten Blitz 1914 - 1915Pevná vazba
At the outbreak of the First World War, the United Kingdom had no aerial defense capability worthy of the name. So when raiding German aircraft finally appeared over Britain the response was negligible and ineffective. Britain had just thirty guns to defend the entire country, with all but five of these considered 'of dubious value'.
That task was not an easy one. Of Britain's fledgling air forces, the Royal Flying Corps had accompanied the British Expeditionary Force into Europe leaving the Royal Naval Air Service to defend the country as best it could. From the first raid in December 1914, aerial attacks gradually increased through 1915, culminating in highly damaging assaults on London in September and October.
London, however, was not the only recipient of German bombs, with counties from Northumberland to Kent also experiencing the indiscriminate death and destruction found in this