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London Bombed, Blitzed and Blown Up: The British Capital Under Attack Since 1867

Door Ian Jones Mbe

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#218784
Titel
London Bombed, Blitzed and Blown Up: The British Capital Under Attack Since 1867
Auteur
Jones Mbe, Ian
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Frontline Books, Yorkshire
Jaar van uitgave
2016
ISBN10
1473878993
ISBN13
9781473878990
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

When it comes to being bombed, London is unique. Although it cannot claim to be the most bombed capital city in terms of the weight of explosive detonated it has endured the most varied and unrelenting attack since the discovery of explosives. From the first Irish Republican bomb in 1867, London and its population have been under almost constant assault. Terrorism features in virtually every decade from the 1860s to the present and has caused much damage, particularly during the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, by far the greatest destruction was from the air. The Zeppelin and Gotha bomber raids in the First World War being but a foretaste of what would happen in the Second. Then the capital was devastated, firstly by the Luftwaffe's aeroplanes and then Hitler's 'vengeance' weapons,
... (Lees verder)the V-1s and V-2s. After the Second World War the bombers returned, in the form of the IRA and then the home-grown terrorists of 2005. Written by a former Explosives Officer who worked for the Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police, this is the most comprehensive and record of Britain's capital under attack that has ever been compiled.
Pagina's
503
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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