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Tango01  | 21 Nov 2024 5:00 p.m. PST |
… Led To Sausage Restrictions During WWI
"The The "Zeppelins" were an important factor in the German principle of "frightfulness." (Photo by The Print Collector/The Print Collector/Getty Images)
A rain of German bombs falling onto London may sound like a scene from the Blitz, but the city was also attacked by Germany during WWI, not by sleek metal-skinned aircraft, but by Zeppelins. Described by Winston Churchill as "enormous bladders of combustible gas," these ominous lighter-than-air crafts caused 500 deaths in Britain. They also caused chaos on their own people, by denying them of their beloved sausages.
Although there was little evidence that airships were suited to military environments (they weren't, by the way), there was a great demand for them among the German top brass. The ships could carry far more bombs …" Main page
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