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027: Winter 1989

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The End of The Zeppelins

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This item first appeared in Stand To! No. 31 (Spring 1991). It was the 22nd piece in a series titled 'The Home Front'. The First Strategic Air Offensive Against Britain The first-ever strategic air offensive commenced against Britain on 19 January 1915 when two German naval Zeppelins bombed the Norfolk towns of King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth. Fou…


The First Air Raid: Great Yarmouth by Bob Wyatt

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This item by Bob Wyatt, the Book Review Editor for Stand To! from 1987 to 2017, appeared in Stand To! No. 27 1989. On the night of 19 January 1915 ... three Zeppelins set off on the first air raid by airships over Britain. Engine failure caused one to turn back but the other two reached England. They had intended to attack the North-East coast but…


Death From the Skies. The Zeppelin Raids over Norfolk 19 January 1915 by R J Wyatt

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53 pages. Soft Cover. Twelve of illustrations, maps, references, appendices. Card covers. £6.95. Gliddon Books, Norwich 1990. ISBN 0 947893 17 2. This interesting and inexpensive little book is by none other than our reviewer, Bob Wyatt. Despite its cover, it is a serious and thoroughly researched account of the Zeppelin raids on Great Yarmouth…