barrage balloons
Tethered defensive blimps
A barrage balloon is a large balloon held down by ropes or cables, often with the intention of hindering low-flying aircraft in the area.
- searchlightsPowerful directed illumination devices
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- skywardToward the firmament
- anti-aircraftWeapons targeting airborne threats
- blimpsNonrigid lighter-than-air vessels
aerostats · defense · air raid · zeppelins · inflatables · Battle of Britain · military · dirigible · Home Guard · war effort · flak · London skyline · radar tracking · gun emplacements · night fighters · strategic bombing · aerial reconnaissance · steel cables
- balloonsfree flight
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- WWII BritainBlitz, Battle of Britain, home front, evacuees, air raids
- WWII CombatD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, allied forces
- aerostatsaerostat, airships, blimp, zeppelin, blimps
- Anti-Aircraftanti-aircraft guns, flak, AAA, ack-ack, air defense
defensive vs. offensive weapons
barrage balloonsbomber aircraft
Plane built to drop explosives
dive bombers · attack aircraft · bombers · strike aircraft · fighter-bombers
ground-based defense vs. aerial attack
barrage balloonsreconnaissance aircraft
Aircraft for military observation
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