Gotha attacks were devastating. On 13 June 1917 a raid on London killed 162 people, including 18 children when a bomb landed on their school. Later Germany developed an even bigger, more dangerous ...

THE recent night raids on Paris by squadrons of Gotha machines brings the question of defence against such raids before us, and adds much interest to an article by Lieut. Jean-Abel Lefranc ...

In reaction to the Zeppelin raids of 1915-17 and Gotha bomber raids of 1917-8, some 200 posts of the Metropolitan Observation Service staffed by volunteers were established in 1916, which ...

Previously unpublished documents show the path taken by 16 German aeroplanes across Kent and Essex into London during one devastating raid on December 6, 1917. Strategic bombing raids, more ...

This was the first night raid by the menacing Gotha bombers, which would unleash waves of carnage on the capital over the coming months. The main attack followed an arc from Hornsey in the north ...

Previous bombing raids in the First World War were instigated by Zeppelins but they had become susceptible to being shot down by the British so the Germans introduced the feared Gotha bi-plane ...

These amazing photographs show the damage done to Britain's streets during First World War air raids and how the same areas look today - 100 years later. The series of images, compiled by property ...