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Title: BLOODY APRIL....BLACK SEPTEMBER
By: Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest
Format: Hardback

List price: £25.00


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ISBN 10: 1898697086
ISBN 13: 9781898697084
Publisher: GRUB STREET
Pub. date: 28 February, 1995
Pages: 352
Description: An account of the dramatic events of April 1917 and September 1918. It includes detailed day-by-day accounts of the two shattering defeats for the Allies and tactics used by the opposing sides.
Synopsis: In April 1917 the crews of the Royal Flying Corps and French Air Force launched a major offensive to break the frustrating and deadly stalemate on the Western Front. However, all attempts at supporting the land forces were countered by the new German Jagdstaffeln. What followed was a massacre and the worst month for flying casualties so far in the war. The events 15 months later were no less disastrous with the Allies including the Americans, once again suffering a crushing and unprecedented defeat just six weeks fron the war's bloody finale. This book includes details on all known Allied losses and in many cases the victorious German pilots are provided.
Illustrations: 32pp b&w photographs
Publication: UK
Imprint: Grub Street
Returns: Non-returnable
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