While the
Allies were focusing mainly on military targets for bombing, Germany
embraced the concept f the bomber as a psychological weapon to be used against civilians.
The experience of the panic caused by early Zeppelin raids over cities spurred
the Germans to plan raids against enemy population centres. As early as August 1914 German aircraft were
flying over Paris dropping grenades and an
invitation to the Paris
garrison to surrender. Within six weeks, German Etrich Taube aircraft had
dropped 56 bombs, none of them heavier than 10lb, which killed 11 Parisians and
injured a further 47.
The Germans
tactical use of bombers in World War I is well illustrated by the 1917 German
attack on British
