Germany's battle for the skies
The Great War was, of course, the first conflict in which mankind took to the air to any significant degree. Powered flight added a new dimension to reconnaissance and the delivery of ordinance. The need to prevent both brought about the evolution of the fighter plane as all the protagonists of the First World War embraced aerial warfare. This book is an overview of the German Air Force; it discusses all types of aircraft from observation balloons and airships to aeroplanes employed by land based and naval forces. The activities of the German Air Force at...

Germany's battle for the skies
The Great War was, of course, the first conflict in which mankind took to the air to any significant degree. Powered flight added a new dimension to reconnaissance and the delivery of ordinance. The need to prevent both brought about the evolution of the fighter plane as all the protagonists of the First World War embraced aerial warfare. This book is an overview of the German Air Force; it discusses all types of aircraft from observation balloons and airships to aeroplanes employed by land based and naval forces. The activities of the German Air Force at...

Dieses ebenso opulente wie informative, reich bebilderte Werk aus dem Jahr 1920 fasst alle Aspekte der deutschen Luftstreitkr fte im ersten Weltkrieg zusammen und stellt sie in aller Ausf hrlichkeit dar. Von den anf nglichen Fesselballonen ber Luftschiffe bis hin zu Jagd- und Bombenflugzeugen und der Flugabwehr werden alle technischen und milit rischen Gesichtspunkte ausgelotet. Dieses umfangreiche Gesamtwerk sucht bis heute seinesgleichen und d rfte in seiner Komplexit t einmalig sein.