Biplanes and bombsights : British bombing in World War I / George K. Williams

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: EBSCOhost eBook CollectionPublisher: Maxell Air Force Base, Ala : Air University Press, 1999Description: Online Ressource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrationsISBN:

9781429455756
1429455756

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Additional physical formats: 9781585660735 | Print version: Biplanes and bombsights LOC classification:

D602

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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 resultsPPN: PPN: 802246117Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK | ZDB-1-NEF | ZDB-1-NEL

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