Were there any air raids in world war 1?

Answer 1

German Zeppelin attacks were a problem for the Allies early in the war, but they eventually found effective methods to stop them. Later in the war bomber airplanes were developed by both sides, but they did relatively little damage.

Answer 2

Not so much, at least not on the scale as in WW2. Airplanes at the time weren't very big and they couldn't travel especially far, so they couldn't go on long flights or carry many bombs. Also, open cockpits limited how high planes could fly.

Answer 3

There were air raids only on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and Dutch Harbor, Alaska which were only territories of the US at the time. The only real action on the continental US occurred when a Japanese sub fired a few artillery rounds into a Ellwood , California oil refinery on Feb. 23 1942 causing little damage.

Answer 4

Yes, but in a very different form to the one we are familiar with from WW2. During WW1 bombing raids were made by German Zeppelins over South East England. In August 1915 the first Zeppelin reached London, it was called L10. However, the pilots mistook Lea Valley for the River Thames, and instead of dropping their bombs over London's docklands, they bombed Walthamstow and Leytonstone. a year later british pilot William Leefe Robinson was the first pilot to shoot down and destroy an enemy Zeppelin, again over what is now Waltham Forest for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. In WW1 the warnings about an incoming raid were often given by policemen cycling the streets with a sign around their necks and using a bell or rattle to alert people to the danger.

Answer 5

Yes the British did use air raids in World War 2.

Answer 6

Yes, there were also World War 1 military aircraft as well. World War 1 was the first war that aircraft had ever entered.