Coventry Blitz
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The Coventry Blitz was the German Axis bombing that took place on the British city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force. The most devastating
Winston Churchill, the Mayor J. A. Moseley, the Bishop of Coventry M. G. Haigh, the Deputy Mayor A. R. Grindlay, and others visiting the ruins of Coventry Cathedral in September 1941
Broadgate, Coventry in 1917
Coventry Cathedral in ruins after the Luftwaffe air raid
The Holy Trinity Church rises above a scene of devastation
The Blitz
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The Blitz was a bombing campaign by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It lasted for eight months, from 7 September 1940 to 16 May 1941. The name is
Coventry Blitz
…The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning "lightning war" ) was the German Axis bombing that took place on the British city of Coventry. The city was…
A Heinkel He 111 bomber over the Surrey Commercial Docks in South London and Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London on 7 September 1940
General Walther Wever
Hitler and Göring, March 1938
RAF pilots with one of their Hawker Hurricanes, October 1940