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Sunday, January 18, 2015

GERMANY'S FIRST EVER AERIAL BLITZ ON BRITAIN killed four with ZEPPELIN RAID one hundred years ago - Also: see then-and-now photos of World War I air raid targets in Britain - from destruction to reconstruction

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European nations have finally made peace after two devastating World Wars and millions of victims, only to be victimized from inside by their newly arrived Muslim population.  Murder and destruction are now being inflicted on the civilian population from within.

Daily Mail:
  • First ever Zeppelin attack on Britain was launched 100 years ago tonight
  • Two German airships headed for Humberside but were blown off course 
  • Instead they bombed King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, killing four 
  • 16 others were injured as houses and businesses were destroyed
  • Zeppelin bombings killed at least 435 Brits during the First World War  
  • Bombings forced UK to improve air defences which proved vital in the Blitz

    • The Germans launched their first ever blitz on Britain exactly 100 years ago as Zeppelins attacked the east coast

    The two Zeppelins were aiming to bomb industrial targets in Humberside but ended up being blown down towards Norfolk, where they attacked King's Lynn (pictured) and Great Yarmouth
    The two Zeppelins were aiming to bomb industrial targets in Humberside but ended up being blown down towards Norfolk, where they attacked King's Lynn (pictured) and Great Yarmouth
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    Devastation: Four were killed in the bombings which also caused damage in surrounding villages

    Blitz: Edward Ellis stands outside the remains of his home after the bombs fell on Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
    Blitz: Edward Ellis stands outside the remains of his home after the bombs fell on Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Heralding a new era of warfare, their first two targets - King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth (pictured) - were chosen purely by the direction of the wind
    Heralding a new era of warfare, their first two targets - King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth (pictured) - were chosen purely by the direction of the wind
    Superintendent Charles Hunt, of King's Lynn Borough Police, examines an incendiary bomb dropped on 63 Cresswell Street in King's Lynn following the bombing raid

     The bombing raid killed four, injured 16 and caused more than £7,000 worth of damage to the towns and surrounding villages

    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2915495/Germany-s-aerial-blitz-UK-Zeppelin-raids-began-years-ago-tonight-bomb-mission-killed-four.html

     
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    Bombed but not beaten: Photographs show the damage done to Britain's streets during WWI air raids and how they look 100 years later

    The series of images, compiled by property website Rightmove, show the catastrophic effect the German air raids had on London's homes and businesses.
     
    Comparison between the two sets of images reveals how the British public rallied in the face of adversity, rebuilding and restoring their bombed-out homes.
     
    Destroyed: Casks of beer can be seen tumbling out of what remains of the Eaglet Public House on the corner of Seven Sisters Road in north London after a 1917 raid
    Destroyed: Casks of beer can be seen tumbling out of what remains of the Eaglet Public House on the corner of Seven Sisters Road in north London after a 1917 raid
    Rebuilt: The Eaglet Public house, now called The Eaglet, was rebuilt on the corner of a busy north London road after it was blasted by a 50kg bomb
    Rebuilt: The Eaglet Public house, now called The Eaglet, was rebuilt on the corner of a busy north London road after it was blasted by a 50kg bomb
     
    What remains: This branch of the London and South Western Bank on the corner of Aldgate High Street in east London is pictured following bomb damage on 14 October 1915
    This branch of the London and South Western Bank on the corner of Aldgate High Street in east London then.
     
    The street today: The building, which now houses a pub, was reconstructed in a similar style after the 1915 attacks. It is part of a series of images released to commemorate the centenary of the start of WW1
    And now.

     Despair: Residents of Warrington Crescent in St John's Wood, north London, return to see what remains of their bombed-out homes following an overnight raid in 1918
    Despair: Residents of Warrington Crescent in St John's Wood, north London, return to see what remains of their bombed-out homes following an overnight raid in 1918
     
    Pieced back together: The same street in St John's Wood is now a quiet row of terraced houses that was built after the Second World War
    Pieced back together: The same street in St John's Wood is now a quiet row of terraced houses that was built after the Second World War
     
    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724769/The-original-Blitz-Amazing-photographs-damage-Britain-WW1-air-raids-look-100-years-later.html
     
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