Bombing by Zeppelins in World War Two

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Source A is an extract from The Making Of Modern Britain by A Marr and was published in 2009. It discusses the impact that Zeppelins had in the First World War. The source talks about how the Zeppelin bombs caused more fear and shock than devastation. This suggests that more psychological damage was done by them than the physical damage and fatalities that were a result of The Blitz in 1940. However, it could be argued that the psychological impacts of the Zeppelin bombings were more lasting than the deaths that were caused by the blitz. This is because during the first world war, people were not as prepared for bombing as they were during the second world war, meaning that many people were helpless and scared. At the time there was little or no knowledge on Zeppelins and technology was not developed enough to shoot them down. There was less deaths caused by the zeppelins and the death toll for those killed by Zeppelin bombs at the end of world war one was 1500. The source is limited in some ways as it does not discuss the damage done to the industry in places such as docklands and factories. The Germans targeted places along the river Thames as that was where most of the factories were. Also, the source indicates that the damage and impact that the Zeppelins created was not going The source is a secondary source as it was published in 2009, 91 years after the end of world war one. Although it is secondary, the source is still well researched meaning it is unlikely to have errors. It is not biast as it doesn’t take sides which makes it fairly reliable. Source B is a photograph showing bomb damage to buildings on Bartholomew Close which is in the City of London following the Zeppelin raid on the night of 8-9 September 1915. The photo was published and looks quite posed as there is not too much damage. Most of the debris and rubbish has been cleared which indicates
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