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Zeppelin Terror Attack Preview

Discover how Germany’s Zeppelins rained fiery terror on London in World War I.

Aired 01/15/2014 | Rating TV-PG

NOVA

Zeppelin Terror Attack Preview

Preview: Season 41 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Discover how Germany’s Zeppelins rained fiery terror on London in World War I.

In the early days of World War I, Germany, determined to bring its British enemies to their knees, launched a new kind of terror campaign: bombing civilians from the sky. But the aircraft delivering the lethal payloads weren't planes. They were Zeppelins, enormous airships, some the length of two football fields. NOVA investigates the secrets behind these deadly war machines.

Aired 01/15/2014 | Rating TV-PG

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