Aces high : the war in the air over the Western Front 1914-18

Книга Aces High Aces High Книги Исторические Автор: A.Clark Формат: pdf Издат.:Cassell Размер: 72,1 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:The war in the air over the wester front 1914-1918.Книга о летчиках Первой Мировой войны. img001.jpg......Page 1 img003.jpg......Page 2 img004.jpg......Page 3 img005.jpg......Page 4 img006.jpg......Page 5 img007.jpg......Page 6 img008.jpg......Page 7 img009.jpg......Page 8 img010.jpg......Page 9 img011.jpg......Page 10 img012.jpg......Page 0 img013.jpg......Page 11 img014.jpg......Page 12 img015.jpg......Page 13 img016.jpg......Page 14 img017.jpg......Page 15 img018.jpg......Page 16 img019.jpg......Page 17 img020.jpg......Page 18 img021.jpg......Page 19 img022.jpg......Page 20 img023.jpg......Page 21 img024.jpg......Page 22 img025.jpg......Page 23 img026.jpg......Page 24 img027.jpg......Page 25 img029.jpg......Page 26 img030.jpg......Page 27 img031.jpg......Page 28 img032.jpg......Page 29 img033.jpg......Page 30 img034.jpg......Page 31 img035.jpg......Page 32 img036.jpg......Page 33 img037.jpg......Page 34 img038.jpg......Page 35 img039.jpg......Page 36 img040.jpg......Page 37 img041.jpg......Page 38 img042.jpg......Page 39 img043.jpg......Page 40 img044.jpg......Page 41 img045.jpg......Page 42 img046.jpg......Page 43 img047.jpg......Page 44 img048.jpg......Page 45 img049.jpg......Page 46 img050.jpg......Page 47 img051.jpg......Page 48 img052.jpg......Page 49 img053.jpg......Page 50 img054.jpg......Page 51 img055.jpg......Page 52 img056.jpg......Page 53 img057.jpg......Page 54 img058.jpg......Page 55 img059.jpg......Page 56 img060.jpg......Page 57 img061.jpg......Page 58 img062.jpg......Page 59 img063.jpg......Page 60 img064.jpg......Page 61 img065.jpg......Page 62 img066.jpg......Page 63 img067.jpg......Page 64 img068.jpg......Page 65 img069.jpg......Page 66 img070.jpg......Page 67 img071.jpg......Page 68 img072.jpg......Page 69 img073.jpg......Page 70 img074.jpg......Page 71 img075.jpg......Page 72 img076.jpg......Page 73 img077.jpg......Page 74 img078.jpg......Page 75 img079.jpg......Page 76 img080.jpg......Page 77 img081.jpg......Page 78 img082.jpg......Page 79 img083.jpg......Page 80 img084.jpg......Page 81 img085.jpg......Page 82 img086.jpg......Page 83 img087.jpg......Page 84 img088.jpg......Page 85 img089.jpg......Page 86 img090.jpg......Page 87 img091.jpg......Page 88 img092.jpg......Page 89 img093.jpg......Page 90 img094.jpg......Page 91 img095.jpg......Page 92 img096.jpg......Page 93 img097.jpg......Page 94 img098.jpg......Page 95 img099.jpg......Page 96 img100.jpg......Page 97 jimg002.jpg......Page 98 This powerful account of war in the air on the Western front during the First World War is by the distinguished military historian Alan Clarke. Covering fighting squadrons on both sides of the conflict, Aces High capture the lives of their idealistic young men who joined the air services in the early months of the war, who if they survived, grew into the embittered but courageous aces of 1916 and 1917-men like Manfred von Richthofen, Albert Ball, Mick Mannock, George Guynemeyer, Chareles Nungesser and Raoul Lufbery.

In 1914 the conquest of the air was newer, less sure and vested with a still higher romance than that of space today. The frailty of the aeroplanes, the incendiary bullets of the enemy, the banning of parachutes as 'likely to lower morale' made death a three to one certainty. The aces performed acts of incredible bravery and skill but almost all but lost their lives or their sanity. Alan Clark writes of the planes they flew and their evolution from "stringbags' and 'flying coffins' to their sophisticated tactical machines of 1918. He also tells of the high commands who failed to recognize the significance of the aerial contribution to the war and sent men to their deaths in inadequately and badly designed planes.

More than a chronicle of aerial warfare during five turbulent years, Aces High is a highly illustrated and exciting account of men at war in the skies and an illuminating survey of the tactics and strategies that led to ultimate Allied victory. Originally published in 1973, this new edition includes eighty new photographs and illustrations.