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Author(s): Ian Castle
ISBN(s): 9781472815293, 1472815297
Edition: First Edition
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Year: 2015
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1472815297

ISBN 13: 9781472815293

Author: Ian Castle

This book tells the story of Germany’s strategic air offensive against Britain, and how it came to be neutralized. The first Zeppelin attack on London came in May 1915 – and with it came the birth of a new arena of warfare, the ‘home front’. German airships attempted to raid London on 26 separate occasions between May 1915 and October 1917, but only reached the capital and bombed successfully on nine occasions. From May 1917 onwards, this theatre of war entered a new phase as German Gotha bombers set out to attack London in the first bomber raid. London’s defences were again overhauled to face this new threat, providing the basis for Britain’s defence during World War II. This comprehensive volume tells the story of the first aerial campaign in history, as the famed Zeppelins, and then the Gotha and the massive Staaken ‘Giant’ bombers waged war against the civilian population of London in the first ever ‘Blitz’.

Table of contents:

  1. The Growing Aerial Threat to London
  2. GERMANY TAKES TO THE AIR
  3. ‘NO LONGER AN INACCESSIBLE ISLAND’
  4. THE AIR WAR TAKES OFF
  5. The Zeppelin Raids – The Men That Mattered
  6. Preparing for the Zeppelin War
  7. BRITISH STRATEGY AND TACTICS
  8. GERMAN PLANS
  9. The 1915 Zeppelin Raids
  10. THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS
  11. THE FIRST LONDON RAID – THE ARMY CLAIMS THE PRIZE
  12. FIRST BLOOD
  13. THE SECOND LONDON RAID – THE NAVY STRIKES
  14. THE THIRD RAID – SOUTH-EAST LONDON TARGETED
  15. THE FOURTH RAID – CENTRAL LONDON BLASTED
  16. CONCERNS FOR LONDON’S DEFENCE
  17. THE FIFTH RAID – ‘THEAT RELAND’ AND THE ARTILLERY RESPONSE
  18. The 1916 Zeppelin Raids
  19. A PERIOD OF CONSOLIDATION
  20. THE RAIDS RECOMMENCE
  21. A SHIFT IN FORTUNE
  22. REORGANIZATION AND RE-ARMAMENT
  23. THE LAST RAIDS OF SPRING
  24. RETURN OF THE RAIDERS
  25. THE SIXTH LONDON RAID – THE SUPER ZEPPELINS REACH THE CAPITAL
  26. THE TIDE TURNS – THE LOSS OF SL.11
  27. THE END APPROACHES
  28. L.32 – A SUPER ZEPPELIN DESTROYED
  29. L.31 AND THE DEATH OF HEINRICH MATHY
  30. TO BURN OR TO JUMP –THE DEATH OF HEINRICH MATHY
  31. ZEPPELIN LOSSES MOUNT
  32. The 1917 Zeppelin Raids
  33. THE ARRIVAL OF THE ‘HEIGHT CLIMBERS’
  34. L.48 – DEATH THROES
  35. THE SILENT RAID
  36. The End of the Zeppelin War
  37. The Coming of the Bombers
  38. The Bomber Raids – The Men That Mattered
  39. Preparing for the Bomber Blitz
  40. GERMAN PLANS
  41. BRITISH PLANS
  42. The 1917 Bomber Raids
  43. THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS
  44. LONDON’S FIRST DAYTIME RAID
  45. THE FIRST DAYLIGHT RAID, 25 MAY 1917
  46. REACTION AND RESPONSE
  47. THE SECOND DAYLIGHT RAID – SATURDAY 7 JULY
  48. LONDON MAKES READY
  49. AN ENGLISH SUMMER
  50. THE ‘DAYLIGHT’ DEFENCES TIGHTEN
  51. THE SWITCH TO NIGHT BOMBING
  52. THE FIRST NIGHT-TIM ERAID, TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 1917
  53. DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
  54. THE HARVEST MOON OFFENSIVE
  55. THE ARRIVAL OF THE ‘GIANTS’
  56. A BRIEF RESPITE
  57. THE BOMBERS RETURN
  58. THE FAILURE OF THE FIRESTORM
  59. A SUCCESS IN THE SKY
  60. PREPARATIONS FOR A NEW YEAR
  61. The 1918 Bomber Raids
  62. THE LONG ACRE TRAGEDY
  63. THE NIGHT OF THE ‘GIANTS’
  64. THE FIRST GOTHA SHOT DOWN ON BRITISH SOIL, MONDAY 28 JANUARY 1918
  65. CHELSEA – THE 1,000KG BOMB
  66. ‘A FINE PIECE OF SHOOTING’
  67. THE AURORA BOREALIS RAID
  68. THE AGONY OF THE ‘GIANTS’
  69. THE WHITSUN RAID
  70. THE LARGEST, AND LAST, RAID OF THE WAR, 19/20 MAY 1918
  71. The Aftermath of the First Blitz
  72. THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN
  73. THE COST OF THE WAR
  74. LONDON’S LEGACY
  75. Select Bibliography
  76. Appendix 1: In Touch With London’s First Blitz
  77. Appendix 2: Chronology
  78. Appendix 3: The Forces Engaged in London’s First Blitz

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