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'The Germans Are Here!': 31 May 1915 - London's First Zeppelin Raid

Ian Castle
28 May 2015, 12.30pm

Hosted by the Army & Navy Club
36-39 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5JN

Ten months into the Great War, the feared onslaught on London by Germany’s much-vaunted fleet of airships - Zeppelins - had failed to materialise. There was sympathy for those caught up in air raids on East Anglia, Essex and the north-east, but these were far away and easy for Londoners to ignore.

Then, shortly after 11.00pm on a quiet Monday night at the end of May 1915, all that changed. That night a Zeppelin raider appeared over the city - the war had finally come to London.

Relying heavily on the personal stories of those caught up in the raid that night, both on the ground and in the air, Ian Castle’s illustrated talk explores in detail those terrifying 20 minutes, 100 years ago, when, for the very first time, London civilians found themselves on the front line.

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Talks booked for 2015
Sat 18th April - 2.00pm - Stow Maries Aerodrome, Essex
"The Sky Was Lurid With Flame" - Operation Turkenkreuz: The First World War German bomber raids on London.

Mon 18th May - Time TBC - Western Front Assoc. Southend Branch
“Oh my God, the devils have come”: The Life and Death of LZ.38 – Southend’s Zeppelin

Wed 20th May - Time TBC - Alexandra Palace, London
Subject TBC

Tue 26th May - 2.00pm - National Archives, Kew, London
“The Germans Are Here!”: 31st May 1915 - London's First Zeppelin Raid

Thu 28th May - 12.30pm - National Army Museum (at Army & Navy Club)
“The Germans Are Here!”: 31st May 1915 - London's First Zeppelin Raid

Thu 28th May - 7.30pm - Western Front Assoc. North West Kent Branch
“The Germans Are Here!”: 31st May 1915 - London's First Zeppelin Raid
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