WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Zeppelins were large, long-range airships with a metal frame. They were a symbol of German pride even before the war. Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) launched his first successful airship in 1900.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship designed in the late 19th and in the early 20th century by the Count Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin. They were made from rigid light-alloy skeleton; such is duralumin, constructed of rings and longitudinal girders.

Detailed explanation-3: -The rigid airship, often known as the “zeppelin” after the last name of its innovator, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, was developed by the Germans in the late 19th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ferdinand von Zeppelin conceived and developed the first rigid dirigible, a lighter-than-air vehicle, known as the zeppelin. Born in Konstantz, Germany, Zeppelin studied at the University of Tubingen before entering the Prussian Army in 1858.