The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Air War Zeppelin etc Development & Activities in the War
RCC8338
The Zeppelin Offensive A German Perspective in Pictures and Postcards
by David Marks
ISBN
9781526737199
Purchase Price
£20.00 (second hand)
Date Purchased
May 8, 2025
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Limited (2019, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
"Fly Zeppelins/Help us in the war/Fly to England/England shall be destroyed by fire - Fly!". Such was the hymn which the children sang, such the refrain which greeted the aged inventor, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin wherever he went. Why was there this reaction across Germany? How did a handful of aircraft giving pleasure cruises across the country become a fearsome fleet of rapacious giants used to punish Germany's enemies? This book draws on the largest postcard archive of its kind and other image archives to tell the story of these monsters.
9781526737199
Purchase Price
£20.00 (second hand)
Date Purchased
May 8, 2025
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Limited (2019, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
"Fly Zeppelins/Help us in the war/Fly to England/England shall be destroyed by fire - Fly!". Such was the hymn which the children sang, such the refrain which greeted the aged inventor, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin wherever he went. Why was there this reaction across Germany? How did a handful of aircraft giving pleasure cruises across the country become a fearsome fleet of rapacious giants used to punish Germany's enemies? This book draws on the largest postcard archive of its kind and other image archives to tell the story of these monsters.