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The Air Blitz of 1812
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| Full Title:
| The Air Blitz of 1812
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| Author:
| Tarsaidze, Alexander
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| Published In:
| Russian Review
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| Volume:
| Vol. 2, No. 1 (Autumn 1942)
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| Remarks:
| Describes an unsuccessful attempt made by a German named Fanz Leppich to build a military balloon for the Czar of Russia to use against Napoleon during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812; the episode was mentioned in Tolstoy's War and Peace
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