Cuxhaven Raid, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1914
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Name (Latin)
Cuxhaven Raid, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1914
Coordinates
8.694444444 8.694444444 53.86111111 53.86111111 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Bombing, Aerial Germany
World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Germany
MARC
MARC
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Q3373987
Library of congress:
sh2012003180
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Layman, R.D. The Cuxhaven Raid: the world's first carrier air strike, 1985.
- Wikipedia, Aug. 9, 2012(The Cuxhaven Raid was a British ship-based air-raid on the German naval forces at Cuxhaven mounted on Christmas Day, 1914; aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service were carried to within striking distance by seaplane tenders of the Royal Navy, supported by both surface ships and submarines; the aircraft flew over the Cuxhaven area and dropped their bombs, causing damage to shore installations)
- WWW.historynet.com, Aug. 9, 2012(article entitled World War I: Cuxhaven Raid)
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Advance of the English cruisers on Cuxhaven
Norman Wilkinson, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
The raid on Cuxhaven (German: Weihnachtsangriff, Christmas Raid) was a British ship-based air-raid on the Imperial German Navy at Cuxhaven mounted on Christmas Day, 1914. Aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service were carried to within striking distance by seaplane tenders of the Royal Navy, supported by ships and submarines. The aircraft flew over the Cuxhaven area and dropped their bombs, causing damage to shore installations. It was described as an "air reconnaissance of the Heligoland Bight, including Cuxhaven, Heligoland and Wilhelmshaven ... by naval seaplanes" during which "the opportunity was taken of attacking with bombs points of military importance" in northern Imperial Germany.
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