Attack of the Zeppelins

Attack of the Zeppelins

London is burning. German bombs are decimating British homes and the dead lie in heaps. But this Blitz has nothing to do with World War II.

2013 · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary, History

Engineer Dr Hugh Hunt revisits the little-known story of the First World War's Blitz, when the Zeppelin waged an 18-month terror campaign on the people of London.

Directed by Ian Duncan

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