Portrait of Peter Strasser in 1914, commander of the Luftschiffer German Airforce

Peter Strasser (April 1, 1876 - August 6, 1918) Chief Commander of Germany's Luftschiffer airforce during World War I. He was the main leader of the Zeppelins command and in charge, operating bombing campaigns from 1915 to 1918. The picture is a photograph of Peter Strasser. ... The picture is a photograph of Peter Strasser. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Luftschiffertruppe, a German word meaning airshipmens troop, was the designation of the German air ship units. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Strasser was born in Hanover, Germany on April 1, 1876. At the age of 15, he joined the German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). After serving on board the Stein and the Moltke, he entered the Naval academy in Kiel. He quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1895. He served in several ships in Asia from 1897 to 1902. After returning to Germany, he was given command of a section of airships within the navy, the Luftschiffer. Jump to: navigation, search Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire and existed between 1871 and 1919; it grew out of the Prussian Navy and the Norddeutsche Bundesmarine. ... A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Luftschiffertruppe, a German word meaning airshipmens troop, was the designation of the German air ship units. ...

Following the outbreak of World War I in August of 1914, Strasser took command of the reconnaissance campaigns by the Zeppelins. His task would take a new turn in the following year. Development of bomb attachments to the Zeppelin airships introduced the first type of Aerial Bombing capabilities. On January 19, 1915, the first bombing raid occurred over London and Yarmouth, England. Over the next 3 years, bombing campaigns would be launched primarily against Britain and London, as well as Paris and cities in France, with nearly 1,000 operations in total, 200 being successful. Estimates of around 9,000 British lives and several hundred French lives would be lost during the war to these raids. Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mixed reconaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Massive ordinance air-burst bomb. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Strasser would not live to see the end of the war. On August 5-6, 1918, during a planned night raid on Britain, Strasser's Zeppelin, with himself and 22 men on board, was spotted by English reconissance over the southern North Sea. Pilot Major Egbert Cadbury and Gunner Maj. Robert Leckie took the credit for shooting down the Zeppelin with its fleet commander on board just north of Wells-next-the-Sea on the Norfolk coast. Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Map sources for Wells-next-the-Sea at grid reference TF9143 Wells-next-the-Sea sits on the North Norfolk coast, England. ... For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...

Strasser's impact on both the War and history was important for the future warfare. His movement and persuasion of the German general staff to introduce Bombings ushered in a whole new meaning to warfare and brought into being the modern-day concept of total war to its true limits. For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search Total War is the name of a strategy game series developed by The Creative Assembly. ...