Aces Falling
War Above the Trenches, 1918
Hart, Peter
By 1918 the great First World War 'aces' had become the stuff of legend. Their tactical genius and deadly combat skiils made them powerful symbols to the warring nations.
But the nature of war was changing. Thousands of aircraft
filled the skies and now it was numbers that counted most.
Ground strafing and bombing became all-important as every
airman played what part they could in the huge battles that
tore apart the Western Front. As the war changed around them
the aces were pushed to their physical and mental limits.
And as the year wore on they began to fall, one by one...
Using the voices of the men themselves, Peter Hart describes
exactly what it was like to fight and die in the skies over the
Western Front. He also relates the air war to the fighting on
the ground and shows how developments in bombing pointed
the way to wars of the future.
Softcover
386 Seiten / pages
photos
very good condition
London - 2008 - Phoenix - Orion Books
Art.Nr. 25416
