British History
On this day in 1915 German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
Listen to an account of a Zeppelin raid near London Victoria station in 1915 here: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80025000
Listen to an account of being bombed during a Zeppelin raid on Hull in 1916 here (from 8min:10sec): http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80013269
Germany employed three zeppelins, the L.3, the L.4, and the L.6, in a two-day bombing mission against Britain. The L.6 turned back after encountering mechanical problems, but the other two zeppelins succeeded in dropping their bombs on English coastal towns.
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