Description
“World War One dramatically changed the face of warfare. Machine guns, gas, tanks and long range artillery were added to the ever expanding arsenal – and the weapon that more than any impacted on the wars to be fought in the tumultuous century ahead was the aircraft. Since the first powered flight in the beginning of the 20th century, through to the end of the war in 1918, aircraft designs had developed rapidly, resulting in a very efficient weapon – the Fokker, Nieuport, Albatross and Sopwith, to name a few – and the development did not slow down over the following decades, as Messerschmitts, Zeros, Spitfires, Hurricanes, Stukas and many others took to the skies
