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1st November 1911: First ever aerial bombing from a plane takes place during the Italo-Turkish War

1st November 2019
Tagged as: Aircraft, Bomb, Italy, Libya, Ottoman Empire, Technology, Turkey, War

On the 1^st November 1911, the first aerial bombing using an aeroplane took place when Italian Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades on Turkish troops in Libya.

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23rd October 1911: Italian Carlo Piazza pilots the first aircraft to be used in war

23rd October 2019
Tagged as: Aircraft, Italo-Turkish War, Italy, Libya, Technology, Turkey, War

Piazza made history’s first reconnaissance flight when he observed the Turkish lines from a Blériot XI aircraft.

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1st November 1911: First ever aerial bombing from a plane takes place during the Italo-Turkish War

23rd October 1911: Italian Carlo Piazza pilots the first aircraft to be used in war

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

22nd October 1797: The first high altitude parachute descent

21st October 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar sees the British Navy under the command of Nelson defeat the combined fleets of France and Spain

20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession

19th October 1935: League of Nations imposes sanctions on Italy for the invasion of Abyssinia

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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