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100 years ago today, Lt. Leefe Robinson shot down the first German zeppelin over England and the action was widely celebrated while the zeppelin was burning in the sky by Londoners. How widely feared were zeppelins at the time by the general populace and the military strategists?

by /u/Paulie_Gatto in /r/AskHistorians

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