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Nov 13, 2015 · 13 November 2015. Getty Images. The raid sent the people of Coventry into a state of shock. By Jennifer Harby. BBC News. On 14 November 1940 the Luftwaffe launched its most devastating bombing...
Oct 29, 2020 · During the night of 14/15 November 1940, several hundred German bombers inflicted devastation on the industrial city of Coventry. The 11-hour raid represented a radical departure in the air war that would mark (and mar) the way bomber fleets were used during the rest of the conflict. Here, historian Frederick Taylor explains what happened and ...
Aug 6, 2021 · 11 min read. On that fateful night on 14th November 1940 the city of Coventry faced a devastating bombing raid that flattened the city, destroyed its medieval heritage, killed, maimed and horrified the entire country. This tragedy would be etched into the hearts, memories and blueprint of the city to this day.
Aug 25, 2014 · BBC News Online. On 25 August 1939, five people died and 70 were injured when an IRA bomb exploded in Coventry city centre. Yet 75 years after the explosion, the devastating attack has been all...
Nov 15, 2023 · 15 November 2023. Fosiya Ismail,BBC News, West Midlands. BBC. Candles were lit and prayers were given to those who had died in the blitz. A vigil to remember the blitz raid 83 years ago has been...
Sep 7, 2010 · The Germans dropped incendiary bombs to create a firestorm, then high explosives to destroy buildings and kill: 554 people died in Coventry that night. "This was the attack which started off...
Apr 8, 2011 · April 2011 marks the 70th anniversary of a series of bombing raids that shook Coventry just a few months after the infamous night of 14 November 1940. It might be shadowed by the night that...
