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Most people associate The Blitz with World War Two, but the first airborne terror campaign in Britain took place during the First World War. Air raids in World War One made significant damage and took many lives. German raids on Britain, for example, caused 1,413 deaths 3,409 injuries. Air raids provided an unprecedented means of striking at resources vital to the enemy's war effort. Many of the novel features of the war in the air between 1914 and 1918 - the lighting restrictions and blackouts, the air raid warnings and the improvised shelters - became central aspects of the Second World War less than 30 years later. The East End of London was one of the most targeted places. Poplar, in particular, was struck badly by some of the air raids during the First World War. Initially these were at night by Zeppelins which bombed the area indiscriminately, leading to the death of innocent civilians.

verder lezen:
https://www.ideastore.co.uk/local-history-online-exhibitions-upper-north-street-school-air-raid-june-1917

zie ook:
http://www.mayflower.towerhamlets.sch.uk/ww1

Bidprentje van de 5-jarige George Albert Hyde:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p032dw31

Monument:
http://nl.tracesofwar.com/artikel/73796/Monument-Bombardement-Upper-North-Street-School.htm