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<\/a>All that remains of Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Norwich after the Luftwaffe’s ‘Baedeker’ raid of 27 April 1942 [Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 Unported; Author: Northmetpit]<\/p><\/div>German publisher Karl\u00a0Baedeker began producing travel guides in the 1820s and their scope and popularity continued to grow for well over a century.<\/p>\n
After an air raid by the RAF destroyed much of the ancient city centre of the German town of Lubeck on the night of 28\/29 March 1942, Hitler vowed vengeance.<\/p>\n
The result, known as the Baedeker Blitz, was a series of revenge raids against British cities whose historical, cultural or architectural value merited at least three stars in Baedeker’s guide to Great Britain.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Baedeker’s 1937 guide to Great Britain [Creative Commons Share Alike 2.5 Generic; Author: User:Ww2censor]<\/p><\/div>Norwich was bombed by the Luftwaffe, this week in the war, on 27 April 1942, and again on 29 April along with York.<\/p>\n
Bath and Exeter and, later, Canterbury were all hit in the Luftwaffe’s Baedeker raids. Over 1,600 civilians died with a like number being injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
German publisher Karl\u00a0Baedeker began producing travel guides in the 1820s and their scope and popularity continued to grow for well over a century. After an air raid by the RAF destroyed much of the ancient city centre of the German … Continue reading