The Tondern Raid

To kill German zeppelins in their roosts, the British Royal Navy unveiled a secret weapon: the aircraft carrier   By 1917, with the German High Seas Fleet blockaded in port, the British Royal Navy’s chief concern was not enemy battleships, but airships.  That April the zeppelin L23 managed to capture a Norwegian bark hauling contraband lumber, …

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