First Offensive- The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
Aug 30, 2026 · 6 hr 57 min · 41 segments
In the summer of 1942, urgent intelligence reports revealed the construction of a Japanese airfield near Lunga Point on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The imminent completion of this airfield…
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot.
Preface.
Ever since the earliest days of the great conquest of the air, first by the dirigible balloon and then by the aeroplane, their use in time of war has been a fruitful theme for discussion.
But their arrival was of too recent a date, their many utilities too unexplored to provide anything other than theories, many obviously untenable, others avowedly problematical.
Yet the part airships have played in the greatest war has come as a surprise even to their most convinced advocates.
For every expectation shattered, they have shown a more than compensating possibility of usefulness.
In this volume, an endeavor has been made to record their achievements under the stern test of trial as an axiom of war, and to explain in untechnical language the many services to which they have been and may be applied.
The information concerning German military aircraft has been obtained from government documents, most of which were placed at my disposal before the outbreak of war.
The use of aircraft has changed the whole art and science of warfare.
With its disabilities well in hand, with its strength but half revealed, the aerial service has revolutionized strategy and shorn the unexpected attack of half its terrors.
The fourth arm is now an invaluable part of the complex military machine.
F.A. Talbot.
End of preface.
Chapter One of Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot.
It is a curious circumstance that an invention which is hailed as being one of the greatest achievements ever recorded in the march of civilization should be devoted essentially to the maiming of humanity and the destruction of property.
In no other trend of human endeavor is this factor so potently demonstrated as in connection with man's conquest of the air.
The dogged struggle against the blind forces of nature was waged tenaciously and perseveringly for centuries.
But the measure of success recorded from time to time was so disappointing as to convey the impression, except in a limited circle, that the problem was impossible of solution.
In the meantime, wondrous changes had taken place in the methods of transportation by land and sea.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot.
Preface.
Ever since the earliest days of the great conquest of the air, first by the dirigible balloon and then by the aeroplane, their use in time of war has been a fruitful theme for discussion.
But their arrival was of too recent a date, their many utilities too unexplored to provide anything other than theories, many obviously untenable, others avowedly problematical.
Yet the part airships have played in the greatest war has come as a surprise even to their most convinced advocates.
For every expectation shattered, they have shown a more than compensating possibility of usefulness.
In this volume, an endeavor has been made to record their achievements under the stern test of trial as an axiom of war, and to explain in untechnical language the many services to which they have been and may be applied.
The information concerning German military aircraft has been obtained from government documents, most of which were placed at my disposal before the outbreak of war.
The use of aircraft has changed the whole art and science of warfare.
With its disabilities well in hand, with its strength but half revealed, the aerial service has revolutionized strategy and shorn the unexpected attack of half its terrors.
The fourth arm is now an invaluable part of the complex military machine.
F.A. Talbot.
End of preface.
Chapter One of Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot.
It is a curious circumstance that an invention which is hailed as being one of the greatest achievements ever recorded in the march of civilization should be devoted essentially to the maiming of humanity and the destruction of property.
In no other trend of human endeavor is this factor so potently demonstrated as in connection with man's conquest of the air.
The dogged struggle against the blind forces of nature was waged tenaciously and perseveringly for centuries.
But the measure of success recorded from time to time was so disappointing as to convey the impression, except in a limited circle, that the problem was impossible of solution.
In the meantime, wondrous changes had taken place in the methods of transportation by land and sea.
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