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1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Summary |
Colonel Williams presents a comprehensive study of British bombing efforts in the Great War. He contends that the official version of costs and results underplays the costs while overplaying the results. Supported by postwar findings of both US and British evaluation teams, he argues that British bombing efforts were significantly less effective than heretofore believed. Colonel Williams also presents a strong argument that German air defenses caused considerably less damage to British forces than pilot error, malfunctioning aircraft, and bad weather. That we believed otherwise supports the notion that British bombing raids had forced Germany to transfer significant air assets to defend against them. Williams, however, found no evidence that any such transfer occurred. Actual results, Colonel Williams argues, stand in strong contrast to claimed results. |
Subject |
World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British.
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Bombers -- Great Britain.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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Bombers. (OCoLC)fst00835788
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Military operations, Aerial -- British.
(OCoLC)fst01710205
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Chronological Term |
1914-1918
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Air University (U.S.). Press.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, George K., 1944- Biplanes and bombsights. Maxell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, 1999 9781585660735 (DLC) 99026205 (OCoLC)41076409 |
ISBN |
9781429455756 (electronic bk.) |
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1429455756 (electronic bk.) |
Standard No. |
DEBBG BV040921699 |
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NZ1 13111845 |
Gpo Item No. |
0422-K (online) |
Sudoc No. |
D 301.26/6:2004017762 |
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