>Proposals to bomb Britain were first made by Paul Behncke, deputy chief of the German Naval Staff, in August 1914. These were backed by Alfred von Tirpitz, who wrote that “The measure of the success will lie not only in the injury which will be caused to the enemy but also in the significant effect it will have in diminishing the enemy’s determination to prosecute the war”.
>The campaign was approved by the Kaiser on 7 January 1915, who at first forbade attacks on London, fearing that his relatives in the British royal family might be injured. Following a failed attempt on 13 January 1915, which was abandoned because of the weather, the first successful attempt took place on the night of 19/20 January 1915. Two Zeppelins were to attack targets near the Humber estuary but were diverted by strong winds and dropped their bombs on Great Yarmouth, Sheringham, King’s Lynn and the surrounding Norfolk villages.
>Two British aircraft took off but failed to find the airships; four people were killed and 16 injured.
Being bombed by a huge flying Zeppelin must be very traumatic
The Zeppelin is probbably the best terror weapon ever. It killed very few people, the Entente beat us anyway and yet it is still remembered a century later.
How does that big and relatively slow thing gets close to a city in war times without being takes down?
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Red Alert came out the next day.
terror attack? It was a war, not al-qaeda
Everything serious aside… they do look pretty cool, though. Every couple of years I hear about projects to bring them back, but they never seem to go anywhere.
Wtf. Zeppelins were real? Why don’t they exist anymore?
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>Proposals to bomb Britain were first made by Paul Behncke, deputy chief of the German Naval Staff, in August 1914. These were backed by Alfred von Tirpitz, who wrote that “The measure of the success will lie not only in the injury which will be caused to the enemy but also in the significant effect it will have in diminishing the enemy’s determination to prosecute the war”.
>The campaign was approved by the Kaiser on 7 January 1915, who at first forbade attacks on London, fearing that his relatives in the British royal family might be injured. Following a failed attempt on 13 January 1915, which was abandoned because of the weather, the first successful attempt took place on the night of 19/20 January 1915. Two Zeppelins were to attack targets near the Humber estuary but were diverted by strong winds and dropped their bombs on Great Yarmouth, Sheringham, King’s Lynn and the surrounding Norfolk villages.
>Two British aircraft took off but failed to find the airships; four people were killed and 16 injured.
Being bombed by a huge flying Zeppelin must be very traumatic
The Zeppelin is probbably the best terror weapon ever. It killed very few people, the Entente beat us anyway and yet it is still remembered a century later.
How does that big and relatively slow thing gets close to a city in war times without being takes down?
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Red Alert came out the next day.
terror attack? It was a war, not al-qaeda
Everything serious aside… they do look pretty cool, though. Every couple of years I hear about projects to bring them back, but they never seem to go anywhere.
Wtf. Zeppelins were real? Why don’t they exist anymore?
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