Bloody April 1917

The birth of modern air power

AvJames S. Corum

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Del 33 i serien Air Campaign

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Researched from original-language primary sources, this is a uniquely well-informed and multi-faceted history of the World War I air campaign of Bloody April.Researched from original German-, French-, and English-language sources, and written by an authority on both air and ground military operations, author, Dr James S Corum examines how Bloody April caused Allied forces to reassess their approach to the use of airpower. Considering well-known problems such as technology and training doctrine, but also how the artillery-aircraft combination ideally had to work in late-WW I ground offensives, Dr Corum analyses what each side got wrong and why. He describes little-known parts of the April campaigns, such as both sides' use of strategic bombing with heavy aircraft, and considers the German use of advanced high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft with oxygen and heated suits while detailing the exploits of the infamous 'Red Baron', Manfred von Richthofen.Lessons from Bloody April not only served to improve the coordination of Allied artillery and aircraft but subsequently aircraft played a much larger role in supporting ground troops in attack mode. Bloody April paved the way for the airpower revolution that, by 1918, would make the Allies masters of the sky on the Western Front.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-24
Mått:186 x 247 x 7 mm
Vikt:309 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Air Campaign
Antal sidor:96
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustratör:Turner, Graham, Turner, Graham (Illustrator)
ISBN:9781472853059

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Dr James Corum is a retired US Army Reserve lieutenant colonel. He taught military history at Salford University, UK, from 2014 to 2019, and was Dean of the Baltic Defence College from 2009 to 2014. He served as a professor at the US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Power Studies and was an associate professor at the US Army Command and General Staff College. Dr Corum is the author of several books on military history, including The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918–1940 (1997) and Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen, Master of the German Air War (2008).

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INTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY ATTACKER’S CAPABILITIES The Entente air services in 1917The French Service Aéronautique in the Nivelle OffensiveThe Royal Flying CorpsSenior commandersArmy air commandersBritish RFC brigade commandersDEFENDER’S CAPABILITIES The Luftstreitkräfte: German Imperial Air ServiceLuftstreitkräfte organization in the 1917 campaignGerman aircraftSenior commandersGerman Army aviation commandersAIRPOWER IN 1917 The eyes of the big gunsAircraft and the artilleryFixed balloons and the artilleryThe artillery flyersLessons from the Verdun and Somme campaignsLessons from the Somme: July–November, 1916Air services and aircraft productionAircraft attrition – the problem of quality controlTraining for the air servicesFighter tacticsSquadron tacticsCAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES The Nivelle OffensiveThe strategic situation in early 1917THE CAMPAIGN Bloody AprilMarch 1917: Germans withdraw to the SiegfriedstellungPreparing the Nivelle OffensiveAir operations prior to the offensiveThe French frontAttacking the balloonsThe air campaign prior to the British attackThe Arras sector: the RFC’s bombing campaignThe attack at Vimy Ridge and Arras, 9–14 AprilThe British offensive continues, 10 April–4 MayArras Front, 11 April–4 MayBattle on the Chemin des Dames FrontChemin des Dames Front, 18 April–4 MayThe French Army mutiniesLosses and lessons for the air campaigns of April 1917AFTERMATH AND ANALYSIS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX