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The Hindenburg Disaster was 'only' the fifth-deadliest airship crash, and the last one before WW2, yet seems to have made a far greater impression on (Western) popular consciousness than earlier crashes like the Akron or the Dixmude. Why has the Hindenburg managed to be the best-remembered?

by /u/EnclavedMicrostate in /r/AskHistorians

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