{"product_id":"9781472865557","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Flak-Artillerie by Thomas Anderson","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 24\/09\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on first-hand accounts, original documentation and unpublished  images, this is a highly illustrated history of the Flak-Artillerie in  World War II.   Until the late 19th century wars were fought on land or at sea, but the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 saw the first use of hot-air balloons and aerial warfare was born. The Prussian Army sought a way to counter this development, and introduced the Krupp-built 3.7cm Ballon-Abwehrkanone - the first anti-aircraft weapon, and the source of all future German Flak-Artillerie.   In this new study, German armour expert Thomas Anderson traces the story of German anti-aircraft artillery through the rapid advances of World War I, though the interwar years to the rise of Nazism, German rearmament and World War II. Drawing on after-action reports, original wartime documents and rare and previously unseen photographs, he traces the development of increasingly sophisticated self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons through to the fully armoured Flakpanzer culminating in the Kugelblitz, the Flakpanzer 341 built on the PzKpfw V Panther chassis. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368893526389,"sku":"9781472865557","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472865557.jpg?v=1763551281","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781472865557","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}