Zeppelin Raids on Britain

How tracer rounds, ladies' pajamas, and the RAF were born.

When war came in August 1914, the all-powerful British Navy imposed a naval blockade on Germany. The entrance to the English Channel and the North Sea was barred and, in time, access through the Adriatic was also constricted.

Germany had long relied on imports from the Americas. Now those supplies were out of reach and Germany’s new navy was prevent…