Episode 424 - The Cuxhaven Raid

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After zeppelins begin bombing the UK, the British order the first seaborne air raid in British military history. It involves hundreds of men, dozens of ships...all to launch a few biplanes that are barely armed with bombs, with no navigational devices, and no idea where they are going.

SOURCES:

Layman RD. The Cuxhaven Raid, The World's First Carrier Air Strike. Conway Maritime Press. 1985

avalanchepress.com/JutlandCuxhaven1.php

usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1998…

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warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/cuxhaven-raid