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Algernon Blackwood's Shorter Supernatural Fiction (2 vols.)
Terrys Texas Rangers
The Last Crusaders
The Defeat of the U-Boats
Sup Richard Middleton
The Battle of Austerlitz
The Campaigns of Alexander
Sabre and Foil Fighting
The Fourth Leonaur Book of Ghost and Horror Stories
The Irish Legion
General Von Zieten
Armoured Cars and Aircraft
The Chinese Regiment
Texas Cavalry and the Laurel Brigade
The First Crusaders
The Lionheart and the Third Crusade
The Winnebagos
Roger Lamb and the American War of Independence
Gronow of the Guards
Plumer of Messines
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Author(s):
H. A. Jones
Date Published:
04/2019
Page Count:
452
Softcover ISBN-13:
978-1-78282-807-5
Hardcover ISBN-13:
978-1-78282-806-8
The fourth volume of the history of air warfare—focusing on the war at sea and the Western Front
This outstanding, multi-volume examination of aerial warfare during the First World War from the perspective of British air forces continues in volume four with accounts of two different theatres. As the war progressed Germany increasingly invested resources in the expansion of its submarine fleet. German surface warships were comparatively ineffective strategically, since Germany is poorly placed geographically as regards access to the seaways. Allied surface fleets meanwhile remained powerful with free access to supplies and ports across the globe. Escorted merchant ships carrying essential war materiel and other goods continued to dock in and depart from the British Isles. The German solution to disrupt seaborne traffic and so compromise the effectiveness of Allied armies in the field initially proved to be brutally effective and measures to defeat the undersea menace of the U-Boats were of paramount importance. The work of the RFC and the RNAS in countering the scourge of the submarine and other naval threats is described here in thorough detail. The second part of this volume continues the examination of the war in the air as it was fought over the trenches of the Western Front. The war had reached a point of stalemate on the ground which made its aggressive prosecution in the skies essential and this volume, which covers the period from the Battle of Messines to the German Spring Offensive of 1918, includes many riveting accounts of aerial combat.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
