1/20/2023 0 Comments Battlefield 1 is boring‘Luftschiff Zeppelin 1’ over Bodensee on July 2, 1900. All the same, the story of England’s first Blitz - the “Zeppelin Scourge” - is an interesting example of progressive German military thinking in a new age of total war. By 1917, the British had developed the technology and tactics necessary to shoot down the airships. What was important was striking fear in enemy populations.īut the zeppelin’s effectiveness as a military platform ended with the Great War. As a silent and looming flying beast that could carry bombs and strike far beyond the enemy’s lines, zeppelins performed the same terroristic role as the V-1 and V-2 rockets and firebombing missions did during the World War II.
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