German strategic bombing during World War I | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-16

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00:02:55 1 Early raids
00:04:25 2 Campaign against Britain
00:04:35 2.1 1915
00:17:07 2.2 1916
00:31:19 2.3 1917
00:33:01 2.3.1 Daylight Gotha raids
00:37:49 2.3.2 Night raids
00:42:45 2.4 1918
00:49:35 3 Notes



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The best-known German strategic bombing campaign during World War I was the campaign against England, although strategic bombing raids were carried out or attempted on other fronts.  The main campaign against England started in January 1915 using airships. From then until the end of World War I the German Navy and Army Luftstreitkräfte mounted over 50 bombing raids on the United Kingdom. These were generally referred to as "Zeppelin raids": although both Zeppelin and Schütte-Lanz airships were used, the Zeppelin company was much better known and was responsible for producing the  majority of the airships used.  Weather conditions and night flying conditions made airship navigation and maintaining bombing accuracy difficult. Bombs were often dropped miles off target (one raid on London actually bombed Hull) and accurate targeting of military installations was impossible. The civilian casualties made the Zeppelins an object of hatred, and they were dubbed "baby-killers".  With the development of effective defensive measures the airship raids became increasingly hazardous, and in 1917 the airships were largely replaced by aeroplanes.
Although the military effect of the raids was small, they caused widespread alarm, leading to the diversion of substantial resources from the Western Front and some disruption to industrial production.  Concern about the conduct of defence against the raids, the responsibility for which was divided between the Admiralty and the Army, led to a parliamentary inquiry under Jan Smuts, whose report was to lead to the creation of the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 1 April 1918.  The defence organisation developed by the British was an important precursor of the fighter direction system that would prove vital in winning the Battle of Britain.  The raids were also influential because they led to an overestimation of both the material and psychological effects of the bombing of cities.A minor consequence of the risk of being driven out of bed at night was the development of night clothes for women.Airships made about 51  bombing raids on England during the war.  These killed 557 and injured another 1,358 people. More than 5,000 bombs were dropped on towns across Britain, causing £1.5 million in damage. 84 airships took part, of which 30 were either shot down or lost in accidents.  Aeroplanes carried out 27 raids, dropping 246,774 lb (111,935 kg) of bombs for the loss of 62 aircraft, resulting in ground casualties of 835 dead, 1,972 injured and £1,418,272 of material damage.