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At the outbreak of the First World War, the United Kingdom had no aerial defense capability worthy of the name. Britain had just thirty guns to defend the entire country, with all but five of these considered 'of dubious value'. So when raiding German aircraft finally appeared over Britain the response was negligible and ineffective. Of Britain's fledgling air forces, the Royal Flying Corps had accompanied the British Expeditionary Force into Europe leaving the Royal Naval Air Service to defend the country as best it could. That task was not an easy one. From the first raid in December 1914, aerial attacks gradually increased through 1915, culminating in highly damaging assaults on London in September and October. London, however, was not the only recipient of German bombs, with counties from Northumberland to Kent also experiencing the indiscriminate death and destruction found in this new theater of war - the Home Front. And when the previously unimagined horror of bombs falling from the sky began, the British population was initially left exposed and largely undefended as civilians were killed in the streets or lying asleep in their beds. The face of war had changed forever and

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Author

Ian Castle

Publisher

Casemate Publishers

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848324343

Category

hobbies

Subjects

History, Engineering, Military History

Rating

4.4 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14