Comments on: Herr Martin’s modest proposal

By: Airminded · Post-blogging the 1909 scareships: thoughts and conclusions

Airminded · Post-blogging the 1909 scareships: thoughts and conclusions — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:37:57 +0000

[...] a threat to life and limb in their own right. They were generally thought of as spies, or perhaps troop carriers. Not something which really altered war, or changed the nature of the German menace to [...]

By: Airminded · Monday, 31 May 1909

Airminded · Monday, 31 May 1909 — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:54:32 +0000

[...] but he escapes and signals to the enemy. Airships are then seen hovering around, and eventually foreign troops are landed, and a desperate fight ensues, involving the partial destruction of the village. The British troops [...]

By: The Phantom City » We just really like Zeppelins

The Phantom City » We just really like Zeppelins — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:26:06 +0000

[...] love the idea by Rudolf Martin in 1908 that Germany could successfully invade Britain by Zeppelin, carrying 350,000 troops in each wave, not the least because of the need to build ~7,000 of [...]