Bloody April 1917
An Exciting Detailed Analysis of One of the Deadliest Months in the Air in WWI
Published on 31. March 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-910690-41-3 (ISBN)
Description
Even those people who know little of WWI's air war will have heard of Bloody April. After more than eighteen months of deadly stalemate on the Western Front, by April 1917 the British and French were again about to launch yet another land offensive, this time on the Arras Front.
Here is a day-by-day, blow-by-blow account of these losses, profusely illustrated with original photographs and expertly told.
Here is a day-by-day, blow-by-blow account of these losses, profusely illustrated with original photographs and expertly told.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Bloody April, Black September by the same authors: "...One of the most comprehensive overviews of early warfare ever published." - Flypast; "The amount of work that must have gone into...this book... is truly impressive." - Aeroplane Monthly; "... An extraordinarily comprehensive account of air operations in those two months..." - Light Aviation, AOPA magazine; "The authors have accomplished a Herculean task: sorting out the complex events of the two months and organizing them in a precise format. This significant book serves well as both history and reference. It is interesting to read, contains much information, and most importantly, it may cause a major change in the reader's thinking..." - Over the FrontMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-910690-41-3 (9781910690413)
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E-Book
05/2017
Grub Street Publishing
€18.99
Available for download
Persons
Norman Franks is a well-respected and world-renowned author and has over seventy books to his name. Author of Battle of the Airfields, The Greatest Air Battle, Buck McNair, Beyond Courage and Aircraft versus Aircraft, he has also been co-author of many titles with distinguished fighter pilots such as Neville Duke (War Diaries of Neville Duke), Jimmy Sheddan (Tempest Pilot) and Paul Richey (Fighter Pilot's Summer).