{"product_id":"bloody-april-1917","title":"Bloody April 1917","description":"\u003cp\u003eResearched from original-language primary sources, this is a uniquely well-informed and multi-faceted history of the World War I air campaign of Bloody April. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResearched from original German-, French-, and English-language sources, and written by an authority on both air and ground military operations, author, Dr James S Corum examines how Bloody April caused Allied forces to reassess their approach to the use of airpower. Considering well-known problems such as technology and training doctrine, but also how the artillery-aircraft combination ideally had to work in late-WW I ground offensives, Dr Corum analyses what each side got wrong and why. He describes little-known parts of the April campaigns, such as both sides' use of strategic bombing with heavy aircraft, and considers the German use of advanced high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft with oxygen and heated suits while detailing the exploits of the infamous 'Red Baron', Manfred von Richthofen. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLessons from Bloody April not only served to improve the coordination of Allied artillery and aircraft but subsequently aircraft played a much larger role in supporting ground troops in attack mode. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBloody April paved the way for the airpower revolution that, by 1918, would make the Allies masters of the sky on the Western Front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Osprey Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56047798452602,"sku":"ZOS-9781472853059","price":13.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Bloody-April-1917.jpg?v=1760975217","url":"https:\/\/zatu.com\/en-ie\/products\/bloody-april-1917","provider":"Zatu Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}