So I was reading a book on Civil war commanders when I stumbled upon something interesting about a Union "balloon force". I saw that it was more or less just for reconnaissance but I was wonder what if they had started using balloons to fly over the enemy and drop makeshift bombs on them? How would a primitive Air ‘balloon” Force affected the war? Would the Confederates have constructed their own balloons with which to try and bomb Washington and fight the Yankees? How would the Europeans react to Balloon warfare? Would it possibly set of an Arms race or would it simply die down and become one of those peculiar things that people tried out but never caught on?
If the question has been asked before I’m sorry but please don’t be to harsh.
If the question has been asked before I’m sorry but please don’t be to harsh.