Air Campaign 33 Bloody April 1917 Paperback

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Using original language sources, this is a uniquely well-informed and multi-facetedhistory of the WW1 air campaign of Bloody April.Researched from original German-, French-, and English-language sources, andwritten by an authority on both air and ground military operations, author, Dr James SCorum examines how Bloody April caused Allied forces to reassess their approach tothe use of airpower. Considering well-known problems such as technology and trainingdoctrine, but also how the artillery-aircraft combination ideally had to work in late-WW Iground offensives, Dr Corum analyses what each side got wrong and why. Hedescribes little-known parts of the April campaigns, such as both sides' use of strategicbombing with heavy aircraft, and considers the German use of advanced high-altitudereconnaissance aircraft with oxygen and heated suits while detailing the exploits of theinfamous 'Red Baron', Manfred von Richthofen.Lessons from Bloody April not only served to improve the coordination of Allied artilleryand aircraft but subsequently aircraft played a much larger role in supporting groundtroops in attack mode.Bloody April paved the way for the airpower revolution that, by 1918, would make theAllies masters of the sky on the Western Front.Sales and Marketing HighlightsThe most famous air campaign of World War I, involving legendary pilots suchas the 'Red Baron', Manfred von Richthofen.The first book to systematically explain how Allied and German commanderssought to use air power in April 1917, detailing what they got right and wrong,and why.Written by a US-based multilingual authority on both air power and militaryoperations, and using English, French and German-language sources, this isa uniquely well-informed and multi-faceted history of the battle.