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Sopwith Camels Over Italy, 1917-1918
Verlag:
Pen & Sword Books Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: Z86ZY4V
EAN: 9781526723086
Auf Lager:
4
Zustellung: Do, 10.09.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 30.–
Beschreibung
During the First World War, Italy was on the side of their British Allies and their fight was against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, bordering on Austria. In October 1917, the Austro-Hungarians managed to push the Italians back during the battle of Caporetto. With the danger signs obvious, both Britain and France sent reinforcements. Britain s Royal Flying Corps sent three squadrons of Sopwith Camel fighters, plus one RE8 reconnaissance squadron, and these Camel squadrons fought gallantly over the plains and mountainous regions of north-east Italy, sharing the air battle with aircraft of the Italian Air Force. Despite the difference in landscape between France and Italy, the Camel pilots employed the same air-fighting tactics and assisted in ground support missions that proved just as destructive in Italy as they had in France. Accompanied by a large selection of photographs of the men and the machines that saw action in this conflict, this book is a welcome addition to Pen and Sword s Images of War series.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Norman Franks
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2018
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 103