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The Blitzed City: The Destruction of Coventry, 1940

Karen Farrington

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Description:The Luftwaffe's targetting and destruction of Coventry city remains the biggest and most destructive air raid on British soil during World War II. Because Coventry was seen as a centre of British armaments production, the German high command wished to inflict terror and panic on the British public, a plan that had paid dividends during their relentless conquest of France that year. Attacking over two nights in November 1940, they systematically bombed and destroyed the bulk of the city, making thousands homeless, and killing more than 400 men, women and children.Such was the devastation, panic and disorder it wrought, that Winston Churchill ordered a news blackout for three weeks in order to quell the unease and morale-sapping effect such a raid had. But a great many people at the time acted with great bravery to save those trapped in bombed-out and burning buildings, as well as caring for those badly injured (of which there were thousands), and those who actually fought the Nazi planes coming in to attack the city itself.Now, for the very first time we interview those veterans who survived the raid and helped fight the flames and bombs to tell the story of this iconic event. Such was the effect it had on the country that when Bomber Command began night time raids against German cities â?? Hamburg, Cologne and most famously, Dresden â?? the call 'Remember Coventry!' went up.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Blitzed City: The Destruction of Coventry, 1940. To get started finding The Blitzed City: The Destruction of Coventry, 1940, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The Luftwaffe's targetting and destruction of Coventry city remains the biggest and most destructive air raid on British soil during World War II. Because Coventry was seen as a centre of British armaments production, the German high command wished to inflict terror and panic on the British public, a plan that had paid dividends during their relentless conquest of France that year. Attacking over two nights in November 1940, they systematically bombed and destroyed the bulk of the city, making thousands homeless, and killing more than 400 men, women and children.Such was the devastation, panic and disorder it wrought, that Winston Churchill ordered a news blackout for three weeks in order to quell the unease and morale-sapping effect such a raid had. But a great many people at the time acted with great bravery to save those trapped in bombed-out and burning buildings, as well as caring for those badly injured (of which there were thousands), and those who actually fought the Nazi planes coming in to attack the city itself.Now, for the very first time we interview those veterans who survived the raid and helped fight the flames and bombs to tell the story of this iconic event. Such was the effect it had on the country that when Bomber Command began night time raids against German cities â?? Hamburg, Cologne and most famously, Dresden â?? the call 'Remember Coventry!' went up.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Blitzed City: The Destruction of Coventry, 1940. To get started finding The Blitzed City: The Destruction of Coventry, 1940, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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