Attacks aerial bombardments

Paradoxically, the War Office, having shown no confidence in the efficacy of aerial bombardment and little enthusiasm for a British Air Force, was much shaken by the fear of such a force controlled by its European enemies. During the latter half of 1913 the War Office initiated an inquiry to determine the most effective way to protect existing ammunition storage sheds against attack from the air. The investigating officers... 

In 1917 there had been rumours that the Germans intended to use gas against the British civilian population, and in the spring of 1918 the War Cabinet had considered the advisability of taking anti-gas precautions on a wide scale.For the next 25 years the threat of aerial gas bombardment was to be a constant preoccupation. In the Cabinet Lord Fisher had voiced fears about the effects of gas attacks on cities. In February 1927 Professor Noel Baker broadcast on the radio a description of a gas attack from the air and asserted that all the experts are agreed that it would be impossible to devise means to protect the civilian population from this form of attack . ... 

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