Andrew Hyde

First Blitz 1917-1918 (eBook, ePUB)

The German Air Campaign Against Britain

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"An interesting account of the German air raids of the First World War, with a better focus on the human face of the raids." -HistoryOfWar.org In 1917, the Germans launched a major air campaign against the British mainland, which shocked the whole nation and terrorized the southeast of England. These attacks by German bombers caused hundreds of deaths and injuries, but until now, the full details of these raids have never before been told. These range from the massacre of Canadian troops resting in Folkestone on May 25, 1917 to the widespread carnage of shoppers a couple of miles away in the city center. Sheerness, then a major dockyard for the Royal Navy, barely escaped a similar fate when it too was singled out for the same treatment, and a 50kg bomb struck Upper North Street School in London's Poplar on June 13, 1917. It not only took the lives of eighteen schoolchildren, many as young as five years, but also crippled and mutilated twice as many again. Terrible as this was, it was just one of scores of similar tragedies, which terrified the populace of London and horrified the world. The account of this campaign-plus the political and military circumstances surrounding it-follow years of original and painstaking research, interviews, and correspondence with those who remember that period. "This is a tight and carefully crafted piece of history. It has drama and a slice of shock and awe." -War History Online "A clear winner from the first page." -Indy Squadron Dispatch

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783461585
• Artikelnr.: 39043984

Autorenporträt

Born in Dagenham, Essex in 1961 Andrew Hyde has been interested in history ever since he was enthralled as a child by stories of life in London in the Second World War. This interest developed into a desire to research and write on the subject. He was a major contributor to the three volume work 'The Blitz - Then and Now' which is a detailed, day by day account of the German air campaign against Britain between 1939-1945. His other published work includes 'Pearl Harbor - Then and Now. In 2007 he appeared in and contributed to, a BBC Timewatch programme - 'The First Blitz', based upon his book.