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Balloons at War - Gasbags, Flying Bombs and Cold War Secrets (Paperback)
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Balloons at War - Gasbags, Flying Bombs and Cold War Secrets (Paperback)
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'I hope these new mechanic meteors will prove only playthings ...
and not be converted into new engines of destruction to the human
race.' (Horace Walpole, 1785). Walpole's words were prophetic;
within only eleven years the balloon had proved its worth at war
and Joseph Montgolfier, even before a balloon had left the ground,
had seen a potential use for his new invention in attacking the
English at Gibraltar. The first 'air force' was founded by Napoleon
Bonaparte. The American Civil, Franco-Prussian and First World Wars
saw extensive use of balloons but it was during the Second World
War that the balloon saw more new and imaginative uses. Barrage
balloons helped prevent incursions by enemy aircraft and new,
ingenious uses were found for balloons, including dropping bombs
(as used by the Japanese against the USA), destroying enemy
aircraft, espionage and other clandestine operations.
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