First Zeppelin raid on Britain
January 19, 1915
Two German Zeppelins bombed English east coast towns for the first time, killing four civilians in Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn. It seemed like terror from the sky, though the bombs were small and the damage modest. The significance lay in the precedent: civilians in their beds were now legitimate targets. Strategic bombing had an opening chapter.
In context
Also in 1915 (6 other events on record)
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- Armenian genocide begins · Middle East · War
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- Birth of a Nation released · North America · Culture
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Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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