The First Time Britain Was Bombed - 24 December 1914

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On Christmas Eve (24 December) 1914, Britain was bombed from the air for the first time.
A lone German plane flew over the port of Dover and one bomb was dropped towards Dover Castle.
It missed its target and landed in a civilian street.

This is the story of that historic moment in Britain's history, when the first bomb was dropped on the island.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:38 Island Fortress?
2:05 Bombs on England
3:09 The Christmas Eve Raid
4:17 Target Dover Castle
5:26 Off Target
6:34 Lucky Escapes
8:36 Aftermath in Dover
9:39 Christmas Day Air Raid 1914
10:46 Little Piece of History
11:20 A New Warfare

Sources used in the production of this video include:
The Dover Historian.com
Ancestry
Dover-Kent .co.uk
A University Blog - Ferdinand von Prondzynski (2014)
The Dover Society
Ian Castle zeppelin.co.uk
Dover - kent.com “Christmas Eve 1914 Bombing Remembered - Peter Sherred.
“Catastrophe” - Max Hastings
RAF Museum

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