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Aces Falling

- War Above The Trenches, 1918
Af: Peter Hart Engelsk Paperback

Aces Falling

- War Above The Trenches, 1918
Af: Peter Hart Engelsk Paperback
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How the age of the great WWI aces came to an end in the skies over the Western Front

At the beginning of 1918 the great aces seemed invincible. Flying above the battlefields of the Western Front, they cut a deadly swathe through the ranks of their enemies, as each side struggled to keep control of the air. Some were little more than boys when they started to fly, yet they were respected and feared as some of the deadliest killers in the sky. But as the press of fighting increased with the great offensives of 1918, nervous stress and physical exhaustion finally began to take their toll - and one by one the aces began to fall.

This book charts the rise and fall of the WWI aces in the context of the vast battles that were taking place in 1918. It shows the vital importance of reconnaissance, and how large formations of aircraft became the norm - bringing an end to the era of the old, heroic ''lone wolves''. As the First World War came to a close very few of the aces survived. This epic history of the final year of the air war is both a chronicle of the ways in which 1918 changed aerial combat forever, and a requiem for the pioneers of aerial combat who eventually became the victims of their own brilliant innovations.

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How the age of the great WWI aces came to an end in the skies over the Western Front

At the beginning of 1918 the great aces seemed invincible. Flying above the battlefields of the Western Front, they cut a deadly swathe through the ranks of their enemies, as each side struggled to keep control of the air. Some were little more than boys when they started to fly, yet they were respected and feared as some of the deadliest killers in the sky. But as the press of fighting increased with the great offensives of 1918, nervous stress and physical exhaustion finally began to take their toll - and one by one the aces began to fall.

This book charts the rise and fall of the WWI aces in the context of the vast battles that were taking place in 1918. It shows the vital importance of reconnaissance, and how large formations of aircraft became the norm - bringing an end to the era of the old, heroic ''lone wolves''. As the First World War came to a close very few of the aces survived. This epic history of the final year of the air war is both a chronicle of the ways in which 1918 changed aerial combat forever, and a requiem for the pioneers of aerial combat who eventually became the victims of their own brilliant innovations.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9780753824078
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0753824078
Udg. Dato: 2 okt 2008
Længde: 26mm
Bredde: 134mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 2 okt 2008
Forfatter(e): Peter Hart
Forfatter(e) Peter Hart


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ISBN-13 9780753824078


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 400


Udgave


Længde 26mm


Bredde 134mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 2 okt 2008


Oplagsdato 2 okt 2008


Forlag Orion Publishing Co

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