Zeppelins By: Tony”Big toe” A., Liza , Jimmer_10,Kayla”K-money” , & Erin McChicken

Which Country Developed The Weapon? Germany Count Ferdinand von Zeppelins 1900

Uses of the Zeppelins Recon on Enemies Bombings

How It Changed Fighting Techniques? First aircraft to implement aerial bombing. Set the stage for more effective bombing by fixed-wing airplanes

Impact Of Zeppelins on WWI Made attacks on land troops much easier Easy maneuverability in air Protected seas (navy) Poor accuracy on attacks

Impact Of Zeppelins on WWI Navigation was poor Ammunition was terrible Gave large physiological effect to the enemy, large defenses were armed against zeppelins

Impact Of Zeppelins on WWI Overall, not a great weapon after British made planes with incendiary bullets, which would set the Zeppelins on fire. Even before British ships had this technology, they were not effective because of poor accuracy and navigation.

Advantages of Zeppelins Fly very far and high Cheap to produce Easy way of attacking enemy

Disadvantages of Zeppelins Navigation was poor Poor accuracy on attacks Poor ability to sustain minor damage Filled with hydrogen gas which is extremely flammable

Interesting fact about the Zeppelin On May 6, 1937 the Hindenburg burst into flames while attempting to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey Was a German airship This fiery disaster ended the era of commercial airship travel

Zeppelins After WWI -1936 height of its success -1937 the disaster of the hindenburg marked the end of the Zeppelins -Todays model is the “Zeppelin NT”

The Hindenburg Disaster

Live attack from a Zeppelin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6iuDjOqyLM

Sources http://www.history.com/news/the-hindenburg-disaster-9-surprising-facts http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/bombers_zeppelins.htm http://www.3dhistory.co.uk/fact-sheet/027-zeppelin.php

Sources http://www.airships.net/count-ferdinand-von-zeppelin http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/bombers_zeppelins.htm http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/zf/historical.htm http://www.airships.net/dirigible