Striking the hornets' nest: naval aviation and the origins of strategic bombing in World War I

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  • OCLC #: 908374289
  • ISBN #:
    • 9781612513904
    • 1612513905
  • Call #: D602.R67 2015
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — D602
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2015]
  • Physical Description: xiii, 277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • General Notes:
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  • Contents:
    • Blazing the path: the Royal Naval Air Service and the beginnings of strategic bombing
    • Crushing the hornets' nest
    • Naval aviation enters the arena: April-December 1917
    • The Dunkirk dilemma
    • Bombardment aviation: America to the rescue
    • The General Board speaks: January-March 1918
    • Paris charts a different course: January-April 1918
    • The great debate: March-May 1918
    • Night bombers needed
    • Putting the plan into motion: May-July 1918
    • Training of personnel
    • Capronis coveted: Army versus Navy in Italy
    • Airbases and support facilities
    • Send in the Marines
    • Learning from the British: July-November 1918
    • Operations against the enemy: the campaign begins
    • Operations against the enemy: day bombing
    • Bombing, bombing, and more bombing
    • Lessons and legacies.