raids.

On 8 September 1915, Zeppelin L 13 dropped a large number of firebombs during a raid on London. Although the devices were generally ineffective in terms of widespread destruction, the attack resulted in civilian casualties and had a significant psychological effect across England.

Following experiments with 5-litre barrels of benzol, the B-1E Elektron fire bomb (German: Elektronbrandbombe) was developed in 1918 by scientists and engineers at the Griesheim-Elektron

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