{"product_id":"zeppelin-l15-bernard-alfred-green-9780957604223","title":"Zeppelin L15","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are true stories about the Zeppelin airships that were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebuilt to wage war, the men who flew them and those who shot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Great War, the German military unleashed a terrible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew weapon on the unsuspecting British population; the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZeppelin. This airship was virtually silent and could travel at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheights beyond the reach of the first anti-aircraft guns before\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edropping incendiary bombs indiscriminately on populated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eareas causing many civilian casualties and creating a new type\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof warfare that still exists today; the Air Raid. So feared were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethese machines that they became known as 'the Baby Killers'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Britain was far from beaten and responded with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimprovements in searchlight and anti-aircraft design which, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith heroic night flying by the fighter pilots of the Royal Flying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorps, took the fight to the enemy. The civilian population, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding Nurses, Air Raid Wardens and the female operators\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the London Telephone Exchange, who refused to leave their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eposts during the air raids to keep military lines of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommunication open, played its part too. One man in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparticular, Sir Charles Wakefield, the Lord Mayor of London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas determined to reward the courage of the first individual to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshoot down a Zeppelin on British soil with a substantial prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow he eventually discharged this debt of honour, despite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopposition from the military establishment exacerbated by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclass discrimination, forms a fascinating background to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estory of the L15 Zeppelin and the Wakefield Gold Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Alfred Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 095760422X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780957604223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Alfred Norman Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.45d","brand":"Bernard Alfred Green","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126636146943,"sku":"9780957604223","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b8f5eaa-7c11-4526-bcf4-b20f1d4f75d1.jpg?v=1687449295","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zeppelin-l15-bernard-alfred-green-9780957604223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}