{"product_id":"bloody-april-1917-james-s-corum-9781472853059","title":"Bloody April 1917: The Birth of Modern Air Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eResearched from original-language primary sources, this is a uniquely well-informed and multi-faceted history of the World War I air campaign of Bloody April.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eResearched from original German-, French-, and English-language sources, and written by an authority on both air and ground military operations, author, Dr James S Corum examines how Bloody April caused Allied forces to reassess their approach to the use of airpower. Considering well-known problems such as technology and training doctrine, but also how the artillery-aircraft combination ideally had to work in late-WW I ground offensives, Dr Corum analyses what each side got wrong and why. He describes little-known parts of the April campaigns, such as both sides' use of strategic bombing with heavy aircraft, and considers the German use of advanced high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft with oxygen and heated suits while detailing the exploits of the infamous 'Red Baron', Manfred von Richthofen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLessons from Bloody April not only served to improve the coordination of Allied artillery and aircraft but subsequently aircraft played a much larger role in supporting ground troops in attack mode. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBloody April paved the way for the airpower revolution that, by 1918, would make the Allies masters of the sky on the Western Front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James S. Corum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472853059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472853059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.72h x 7.34w x 0.26d","brand":"James S. Corum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071480426751,"sku":"9781472853059","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4d19075-8ed3-4e5c-9a4f-bf258c45b4e5.jpg?v=1685436347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bloody-april-1917-james-s-corum-9781472853059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}