The book is well illustrated with maps showing the routes of the raiders and photographs of the various aircraft, personnel, bombs, and damage... For readers who are very familiar with the events of WWI and yet wish to discover little-known aspects...Loe edasi...
At the beginning of 1916, as the world entered the second full year of global conflict, the cities, towns and villages of Britain continued to lay vulnerable to aerial bombardment. Throughout that period German Zeppelin airships and seaplanes had com...Loe edasi...
Imaginative and haunting new translations by Ian Brinton of the 18 poems in the Tableaux Parisiens section of Baudelaires Les Fleurs du Mal, with evocative illustrations by Sally Castle. Includes the poems in their original French side by side with...Loe edasi...
The First World War ushered in many new and increasingly deadly weapons, along with strategies for using them. No more so than Germany’s sustained aerial bombing campaign against Britain, which opened an entirely new theater of war — the Home Front....Loe edasi...
In this authoritative and beautifully illustrated new account of Napoleons greatest victory and the campaign that preceded it, Ian Castle sheds new light on the actions of the commanders and questions the assumptions - and explores the myths - that...Loe edasi...
At the outbreak of the First World War, the United Kingdom had no aerial defense capability worthy of the name. Britain had just thirty guns to defend the entire country, with all but five of these considered ‘of dubious value’. So when raiding Germa...Loe edasi...
saadame teile pakkumise kasutatud raamatule, mille hind võib erineda kodulehel olevast hinnast
This book tells the story of Germanys strategic air offensive against Britain, and how it came to be neutralized. The first Zeppelin attack on London came in May 1915 - and with it came the birth of a new arena of warfare, the home front. German a...Loe edasi...
This book details the French and Indian War massacre by Iroquois of British and colonial troops in the Hudson River Valley that was fictionalized in The Last of the Mohicans.After the British garrison of Fort William Henry in the colon...Loe edasi...
Early in 1966, as an eight-year-old schoolboy, Ian Castle found Arsenal Football Club - but almost didnt. Knowing nothing about football at the time he decided one afternoon that hed be a West Ham fan. A few hours later his father pointed out the...Loe edasi...
In the summer of 1914, as Europe teetered on the brink of war, the spectre of immediate Zeppelin raids on London and other major British towns and cities loomed large. This title presents the story of Britains first strategic bombing campaign and t...Loe edasi...
On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to attack London in this first bomber raid, but heavy cloud forced th...Loe edasi...
At a time when German U-boats ruthlessly preyed upon the maritime convoys bringing essential supplies to British shores, another pioneering form of technology - the airship - was being deployed to counter this threat. From the first military airships...Loe edasi...
Ian Castle tells the story of Germanys air offensive against Britain in World War I (1914-1918), 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 i...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Feb-2005, Hardback, Kirjastus: Leo Cooper Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781844151714)
saadame teile pakkumise kasutatud raamatule, mille hind võib erineda kodulehel olevast hinnast
In this authoritative and beautifully illustrated new account of Napoleons greatest victory and the campaign that preceded it, Ian Castle sheds new light on the actions of the commanders and questions the assumptions - and explores the myths - that...Loe edasi...
For many people the epitome of the British soldier of the late Victorian period is the Redcoat who fought in southern Africa in the 1870s. This title covers the key period of the wars against the Zulu and Boers; the dramatic battles of Rorkes Drift,...Loe edasi...
Mention of the Zulu War of 1879 inevitably conjures up images of the redcoats at Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift; it is often forgotten that the limited number of Imperial troops available led to the raising of several thousand local troops from Natal,...Loe edasi...
This title details the famous Battle of the Three Emperors, featuring the three most powerful individuals and armies in Europe. It examines the attacks and counterattacks at Austerlitz with accompanying illustrations on the movements of the opposi...Loe edasi...
saadame teile pakkumise kasutatud raamatule, mille hind võib erineda kodulehel olevast hinnast
The authors description of the events on the fateful day – 2 January 1879 – brings to life the shocking defeat of the British Army at the hands of the Zulus. The blunders and omissions that resulted in the loss of so many lives are exposed....Loe edasi...
saadame teile pakkumise kasutatud raamatule, mille hind võib erineda kodulehel olevast hinnast
The defence of the mission station at Rorkes Drift became the epic action of the Anglo-Zulu war. A small garrison defended this border-post for ten hours, and in the process won a record number of VCs....Loe edasi...
