- Persuaded by the propaganda.
- Get away from a dead-end job.
- Get away from families or wives.
- To share in the excitement.
- They believed it was their duty.
Shells, Bombs, Threats of Invasion
- Shelling from the sea : December 1914, German battleships shelled towns along the coast like Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool. 119 died.
- Zeppelins : January 1915, German airships began bombing raids on Britain. Big, silver, cigar-shaped zeppelins were 200 m long and could carry 27 tonnes of bombs. They did 57 raids, killing 564 people and 1370 injured.
- Gotha, Giant Bombers : May 1917, German gotha bombers raided Folkestone killing 95 people. Next months, they raided London, killing 162 people.
- Alltogether, they did 27 bomber raids, killing 835 people and injuring 1990.
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