Coventry 1940-1960 - A city risen from the ashes Of all the bombing raids on Coventry, the night of 14/15 November was the worst the bombs started falling early evening and did not stop until 6.30am the next day, the raid was the largest single, and most devastating, air raid on Britain of WW2, ripping the heart out of one of the country's most historic and medieval city's. | British & Commonwealth Forces
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On 14 November 1940, Coventry was devastated in a single night of bombing. At 7.00pm next Saturday, we remember the stories of the Coventry Blitz, in a short film produced with Coventry Transport Museum & Coventry Archives. The video will premiere here: https://youtu.be/jzo0KaQ3h9w and also on our Facebook page. #CoventryBlitz | Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
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On the night of 14–15 November 1940, 515 German bombers dropped over 500 tons of explosives on Coventry in Operation Moonlight Sonata - a raid so devastating it gave rise to a new Nazi word: ‘Koventrieren’ (to ‘Coventrate’) meaning ‘to completely destroy.’ It began with just 13 Heinkel He111 “pathfinders,” lighting the city with flares so the waves behind them could find their targets - a chilling innovation that shaped all future bombing raids. My father witnessed the firestorm that consumed Co
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