Zeppelin Raids Begin: Britain Faces First Aerial Bombs
German Zeppelins dropped bombs on Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn, killing over twenty civilians and shattering the illusion that British soil remained safe from direct attack. This raid established the terrifying precedent that future wars would target non-combatants from the air, compelling Britain to scramble its defenses and fundamentally altering the nature of global conflict.
January 19, 1915
111 years ago
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