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If we imagine German troops approaching through the mist & smoke of no man's land, spraying flame from their dreadful Flammenwerfers, I think its easy to see where Tolkien got the idea from.
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Only if the German troops were flying toward the Allied lines with great big, entirely functional, wings.
(Very interesting link and information, though.)
narfforc: from
LotR, written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in his lifetime:
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it stepped forward slowly on to the bridge, and suddenly it drew itself up to a great height, and its wings were spread from wall to wall.
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