Photographic postcard with French text showing the view from an aeroplane of Zeebrugge a few days after the attack by the British fleet on 23 Apr 1918.
From a booklet of 20 postcard photographs collected by L/Cpl Richardson, 3rd Bn Dorset Regiment relating to the raid on Zeebrugge, 23 Apr 1918.
Postcards were created by a French company called Star.
The Zeebrugge Raid was an attempt by the Royal Navy to neutralise the Belgian port which was used by the German Navy as a base for their U-boats which was a serious threat to Allied shipping.
Associated with the Zeebrugge Raid, World War One, War at Sea (1914-1918) 1918.