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Biplanes and Bombsights: British Bombing in World War I by George K. Williams is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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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.

Who reads Biplanes and Bombsights: British Bombing in World War I?

Author

George K. Williams

Publisher

Air University Press; University Press of the Pacific

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781410200129

Category

history

Subjects

History, Military History, Humanities

Rating

2.9 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14