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In the beginning they were just used for 'observing' the enemy for artillery. Soon, those aircraft started carrying small bombs, often just hand launched. This led to both sides developing fighters to get rid of those pesky nuisance bombers. Next both sides built larger bombers and faster fighters.

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Also known as Zeppelin's the German's commonly used them as bombers and for reconnaissance.

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Bombing, observation over land, submarine spotting, convoy spotting and shadowing.

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