Ogres in the Sky

Zeppelins were the biggest aircraft ever built and Germany led the way in their use as a weapon of war. In 1915 the German Kaiser authorised air attacks against Britain and Essex found itself in the firing line. Not only were its towns targets but the county also lay on one of the main air routes to London. Zeppelins that failed to reach the capital often jettisoned their bombs on the population o...