Charles Stephenson

Zeppelins (eBook, ePUB)

German Airships 1900-40
Illustrator: Palmer, Ian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On 2 July 1900 the people of Friedrichshafen, Germany, witnessed a momentous occasion the first flight of LZ 1, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's first airship. Although deemed a failure, a succession of better craft (LZ2 to 10) enabled the Zeppelin to expand into the consumer market of airship travel, whilst also providing military craft for the German Army and Navy. The years of the Great War saw the Zeppelins undertake strategic bombing missions against Great Britain. This title covers the post-war fate of the Zeppelins, including the crash of the Hindenburg, and their use by the Luftwaffe at the beginning of World War II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780965130
• Artikelnr.: 40472641

Autorenporträt

Charles Stephenson has been described as 'one of the world's leading maritime historians' (Edward M. Furgol, The Navy Museum, Washington DC, writing in the International Journal of Maritime History, Volume XV, Number 1 (June 2003)). His books include The Secret War Plans of Lord Dundonald: Conceiving Weapons of Mass Destruction 1811-1914. Originally from North Wales, he is now based in Cheshire, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction · Forging the weapon: 1900
14 · Army and Navy Zeppelins at war: 1914
18 · Progress and failure: 1918
40 · Conclusion · Colour plate commentary