THE GREAT AERIAL WAR
THE GREAT AERIAL WAR
THE GREAT AERIAL WAR
THE GREAT AERIAL WAR

THE GREAT AIR WAR

L20190127
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The Great War was the first conflict in which aviation played a predominant role.


 

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Technical and tactical advances in aviation radically transformed warfare: already effective in 1914 for aerial reconnaissance — as during the Battle of the Marne, for example — aviation gradually grew in importance, first in bombing, then in fighter operations and ground attack. The Allies' air superiority in 1918 partly explains the final victory.

This book presents rare and often previously unpublished photographs, as well as numerous colour profiles of aircraft of the period. It offers a panorama of the evolution of military aviation from August 1914 to November 1918, touching on many different aspects: tactics, equipment, aces, major units…

More than 160 period photographs and 55 equipment profiles

Author 1
Yves Buffetaut
Author 2
Illustrations by Eric Schwartz
Publication date
May 2019
Pages
160
Illustrations
160 photos and 55 color profiles
Cover
Paperback
Language
French
Publisher
YSEC EDITIONS
EAN
9782846733045

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