[...] the previously covered Japanese, Russian and British war [...]

achtung!

Привет !

First of all thanks a lot for your mention and my apologizes for being so delayed with the translation into English (hopefully it will be published no later than tomorrow).

This post is devoted to the use of barrage balloons in World War II against aerial bombings. I go briefly through the history of aerostats at war, I explain a little bit about how they played a key role in the defense of the UK as well as during he Invasion of Normandy and finally I focus on how they were used to protect Moscow. Those ‘tubas’ were part of the soviet air defense system, just like the blimps. Their purpose was to spot the German airplanes.

Please, stay tuned to SovietRussia.co.uk ;)

PS: By the way, if you’re also keen on the Cold War, do not miss the post Cold War blazing skies.

“...I am hereby issuing a directive — CA community, get inflating!”

I miss zeppelins too, but I don’t think that, even collectively, we are capable of generating enough hot air.

Although not a blimp, the Hindenburg presents a useful example of why hydrogen will always be a rotten transportation fuel. After the Hindenburg had flown to New Jersey from Germany, there was still more energy in the residual diesel fuel than in the hydrogen of the vessel….

Finally I managed to find some time to translate the post into English, so you’re all welcomed to take a look at Bringing down planes with balloons ;)