The Blitz Then and Now Vol. 1

The Blitz Then and Now Vol. 1 Author:Winston Ramsey Language:English Text Format:Hardcover Dimensions:8.5" x 12" Pages:336 pages Photos:856 photos Maps:Some maps Publisher:After the Battle ISBN:9780900913457 Item No. ATB BK-005 Volume 1 covers the first year, the period from phoney war to total war: September 3, 1939 to September 6, 1940. Beginning with endless air raid warnings and a sense of unreality, it was a phase which was to culminate in Hitler threatening to raze Britain's cities to the ground. As a direct source of the day-to-day effects of Luftwaffe operations over Britain at the time, the book utilises extracts from the 24-hour log compiled by the Ministry of Home Security, and this provides a contemporary diary of events as they affected the Home Front. These entries ideally form the setting for a detailed record of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe over Britain and within sight of land: a barometer of the air war, showing clearly the changing climate of hostilities. Every German crash on land is listed with its crew, and footnotes are included on all the crash sites which are known to have been investigated or excavated since the end of the war, together with photographs of some of the more interesting discoveries. Features and special articles by historians and eyewitnesses intersperse the daily happenings, illustrating life at the time on both the civilian and service fronts. COMPLETE CONTENTS VOLUME 1 DEDICATION FOREWORD FROM THE EDITOR THE CONTRIBUTORS GLOSSARY INTRODUCTION FROM PHONEY WAR TO TOTAL WAR September 1939 - September 1940 THE LUFTWAFFE The features or special articles EVACUATION FIGHTER COMMAND'S FIRST CASUALTY FIRST OF THE MANY HITLER'S SECRET WEAPON THE LOSS OF THE SS BARN HILL FIRST CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN ENGLAND BALLOON BARRAGES CIVIL DEFENCE THE FOYLEBANK VC CHAIN HOME RADAR AND THE BLITZ BARRAGE BALLOON COLLISION BOMBS AND OTHER MISSILES DROPPED ON THE UK, 1940-1945 JOSEF MARKL'S ESCAPADE ARRESTED AS A GERMAN AIRMAN! DECOYS SHELL-SHOCK THE DISCOVERY OF FRITZ BUCHNER THE ELECTRONIC WAR OBLT. HELMUT STROBL