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Bezig met laden... Balloons at War: Gasbags, Flying Bombs & Cold War Secretsdoor John Christopher
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A delightful gallop through the history of military ballooning. Comprehensive but not too detailed, the author provides a very useful and readable history of one of the lesser known aspects of military aviation. The Napoleonic era, American Civil War, Siege of Paris all get individual chapters. WW1 is covered in slightly more detail, but the bulk of the book deals with WW2 and Post-War. There is much that was new to this reader, and I have read quite a lot on the subject over the years. The author even risks a discussion of balloons-vs-flying saucers and Roswell et al. It is well illustrated, although one or two photos appear out of sequence, and has a useful bibliography and index. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
'I hope these new mechanic meteors will prove only playthings ... and not be converted into new engines of destruction to the human race.' (Horace Walpole, 1785). Walpole's words were prophetic; within only eleven years the balloon had proved its worth at war and Joseph Montgolfier, even before a balloon had left the ground, had seen a potential use for his new invention in attacking the English at Gibraltar. The first 'air force' was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte. The American Civil, Franco-Prussian and First World Wars saw extensive use of balloons but it was during the Second World War that the balloon saw more new and imaginative uses. Barrage balloons helped prevent incursions by enemy aircraft and new, ingenious uses were found for balloons, including dropping bombs (as used by the Japanese against the USA), destroying enemy aircraft, espionage and other clandestine operations. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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