Название: The war in the air; being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force
Автор: Sir Raleigh, Walter Alexander; Jones, Henry Albert
Издательство: Oxford Clarendon Press
Страниц: 521
Формат: PDF
Размер: 26 Мб
Качество: Хорошее
Год: 1922
Язык: английский
New means of warfare in the Great War submarines and aircraft. The first free. flight of an aeroplane, December 17, 1903. Attitude of the peoples; English stolidity. The navy and the air. The German menace hastens the making of our air service. The British air force at the outbreak of the war, and at its close. The achievement of the British air force. Uses of aircraft in war extended and multiplied reconnaissance, artillery observation, photography, contact patrol, battle in the air, bombing. Naval developments kite balloons, coast patrol, convoy of vessels, seaplanes and seaplane-carriers, work against submarines. Secret dropping of agents. Development of machines. New scientific devices. Men of science and men of action. The supremacy of the infantry in war. The making of its tradition by the Royal Air Force…
