Bibliograph

Biplanes and bombsights, British bombing in World War I, George K. Williams

Type

Label

Biplanes and bombsights, British bombing in World War I, George K. Williams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index

resource.governmentPublication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Biplanes and bombsights

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

85446074

Responsibility statement

George K. Williams

Sub title

British bombing in World War I

Summary

Colonel Williams presents a comprehensive study of British bombing efforts in the Great War. He contends that the official version of costs and results underplays the costs while overplaying the results. Supported by postwar findings of both US and British evaluation teams, he argues that British bombing efforts were significantly less effective than heretofore believed. Colonel Williams also presents a strong argument that German air defenses caused considerably less damage to British forces than pilot error, malfunctioning aircraft, and bad weather. That we believed otherwise supports the notion that British bombing raids had forced Germany to transfer significant air assets to defend against them. Williams, however, found no evidence that any such transfer occurred. Actual results, Colonel Williams argues, stand in strong contrast to claimed results

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