Gotha Terror: The Forgotten Blitz, 1917-1918

by Ian Castle

By the autumn of 1916, advances in Britain's air defence capability had all but ended the Zeppelin menace, which had haunted the nation for almost two years. However, an emerging complacency regarding the aerial threat was immediately shattered by the introduction in 1917 of the Grosskampfflugzeug, better known as the Gotha bomber. Whereas Zeppelin airships had attacked individually and stealthily under the cover of darkness, the German Army now had...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399049356
• ISBN13: 9781399049351
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 352 Pages