London: Bombed Blitzed and Blown Up: The British Capital Under Attack Since 1867Frontline Books, 31 ott 2016 - 512 pagine When it comes to being bombed, London is unique. Although it cannot claim to be the most bombed capital city in terms of the weight of explosive detonated it has endured the most varied and unrelenting attack since the discovery of explosives. From the first Irish Republican bomb in 1867, London and its population have been under almost constant assault. Terrorism features in virtually every decade from the 1860s to the present and has caused much damage, particularly during the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, by far the greatest destruction was from the air. The Zeppelin and Gotha bomber raids in the First World War being but a foretaste of what would happen in the Second. Then the capital was devastated, firstly by the LuftwaffeÕs aeroplanes and then HitlerÕs ÔvengeanceÕ weapons, the V-1s and V-2s. After the Second World War the bombers returned, in the form of the IRA and then the homegrown terrorists of 2005. Written by a former Explosives Officer who worked for the Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police, this is the most comprehensive record of BritainÕs capital under attack that has ever been compiled. |
Sommario
Chapter 1 With Flame and Incandescent Terror | 1 |
Chapter 2 First Innocent Victims | 14 |
Chapter 3 The Dynamite War and Infernal Machines | 25 |
Chapter 4 Anarchists and Suffragettes | 50 |
Chapter 5 Monsters of the Purple Twilight The Zeppelin Raids | 67 |
Chapter 6 Frightfulness The First World War Bomber Raids on London | 94 |
Chapter 7 War Trophies and The Second IRA Campaign | 123 |
Chapter 8 Fear | 147 |
Chapter 15 The V1s Target 42 | 263 |
Chapter 16 The V2s City of Silent Death | 282 |
Chapter 17 A Taste of Terror and Threat of Armageddon | 306 |
Chapter 18 A Changing World | 323 |
Chapter 19 Car Bombs and Cutting Wires | 336 |
Chapter 20 More Innocent Victims | 354 |
Chapter 21 Terrorism The Long War | 388 |
Chapter 22 The Spectaculars | 412 |
Chapter 9 AntiClimax | 162 |
Chapter 10 The Blitz The Storm Breaks | 174 |
Chapter 11 The People Under Cover and Under Fire | 197 |
Chapter 12 Fire Bombs and Firefighters | 217 |
Chapter 13 Bombs Builders and Business as Usual | 229 |
Chapter 14 Respite and Raiders | 253 |
Chapter 23 Extortion Racism and a Rocket Propelled Grenade | 446 |
Chapter 24 Dying to Kill | 460 |
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London: Bombed Blitzed and Blown Up: The British Capital Under Attack Since 1867 Ian Jones Anteprima limitata - 2016 |
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