British Air Forces (1) : 1914-1918
Contributors: Peter Cormack (Illustrator)
Series: Men-At-Arms Series, 341
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: July 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781841760018
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; British & Irish history: First World War; First World War, 1914-1918; Military - World War I; Air Forces; Military History - World War I; History; History - Military / War; Military; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Military - Aviation; History / Military / World War I; Military Science
First sentence: THE MILITARY USE OF BALLOONS started at the end of the 18th century, but it was only in 1878 that the British Army began to interest itself in aerial matters, after the real usefulness of hydrogen-filled observation balloons had been demonstrated in the Franco-Prussian War.