The Cuxhaven Raid
independent historians specialising in military disasters and command failures
Selection · Edition 2026-07-31
Lions Led By Donkeys covers the Christmas Day 1914 Cuxhaven Raid — the Royal Navy's seaplane attack on German Zeppelin sheds, one of the earliest combined naval-air operations in history. A niche but genuinely interesting episode on the birth of carrier aviation.
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