Above Ypres: The German Air Force in Flanders 1914-1918 - Hardcover

Deneckere, Bernard

9781908487308: Above Ypres: The German Air Force in Flanders 1914-1918

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1908487305 ISBN 13: 9781908487308

Publisher: Firestep, 2015

An exciting new survey on the air war over Flanders’ fields, Above Ypres offers a definitive account of the costly battles waged above the Ypres Salient during the First World War. The simultaneous misery and bravery that occurred on Belgian battlefields, such as Hill 60, Messines, Yser, Mount Kemmel, Passchendaele, and Ypres, has been thoroughly documented and examined over time. Yet, not until now has the air force received their proper due for their significant role in the battles: for five years, the air force battled intensely in the sky as their comrades waged war in the trenches below.

Written from a German perspective, Above Ypres provides a detailed history of the German Air Service and the Naval Air Arm and examines the roles of particular planes, airfields, tactics, and major battles that contributed to their airpower growth. With many never before published photographs and military information, no student of air warfare or World War I history will want to miss it.

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About the Author:

Bernard Deneckere is a teacher at schools in Wervik and Kortemark. He has studied the aerial war above Flanders during World War I more than twenty years and has written four books focusing on the war in the air between 1914 and 1918.

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