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1st November 1911: First ever aerial bombing takes place during the Italo-Turkish War
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:53
Publish Date: 2017-10-31 22:05:17
Description: On the 1st November 1911, the first aerial bombing took place when Italian Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades on Turkish troops in Libya. Although unmanned balloons had been used by Austrian troops to carry bombs in their war against in Venice in 1849, Gavotti was the first to drop explosives from a manned aeroplane. The four 4-pound grenades that he dropped caused no injuries, but his action was still widely condemned by the international community. Despite this, within three years aerial bombing had become an established part of modern warfare. The weakness of the Ottoman Empire demonstrated by Italy’s ...
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