The introduction of aircraft into military operations - The military uses of the captive balloon - Germany's rise to military airship supremacy - Airships of war - Germany's aerial dreadnought fleet - The military value of Germany's aerial fleet - Aeroplanes of war - Scouting from the skies - The airman and artillery - Bomb-throwing from air-craft - Armoured aeroplanes - Battles in the air - Tricks and ruses to baffle the airman - Anti-aircraft guns. Mobile weapons - Anti-aircraft guns. Immobile weapons - Mining the air - Wireless in aviation - Aircraft and naval operations - The navies of the air