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838:, Goebbels reported that Hitler intended to "repeat these raids night after night until the English are sick and tired of terror attacks" and that he "shared opinion absolutely that cultural centres, health resorts and civilian centres must be attacked ... there is no other way of bringing the English to their senses. They belong to a class of human beings with whom you can only talk after you have first knocked out their teeth."
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air raid ... was more devastating than those before. Community life there is practically at an end ... the situation is in some sections catastrophic ... seven-tenths of the city have been destroyed ... more than 100,000 people had to be evacuated ... there was, in fact, panic".
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reported "the damage was really enormous" and "it is horrible ... the
English air raids have increased in scope and importance; if they can be continued for weeks on these lines, they might conceivably have a demoralising effect on the population." After the bombing of Rostock he reported "the
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retaliate. On 14 April 1942 he ordered "that the air war against
England be given a more aggressive stamp. Accordingly when targets are being selected, preference is to be given to those where attacks are likely to have the greatest possible effect on civilian life. Besides raids on ports and
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in March 1942. The aim was to begin a tit-for-tat exchange with the hope of forcing the RAF to reduce their attacks. To increase the effect on
British civilian morale, bombing targets were chosen by the Germans for their cultural and historical significance rather than for any military value.
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British and German strategic bombing campaigns had reached a low ebb. The German offensive, a nine-month period of night bombing known as the Blitz, which had left London and many other British cities heavily damaged, had come to an end in May 1941 when the
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British towns and cities continued to be targeted for their cultural value over the following two years. By any measure, the raids were a failure. In the year following
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Cabinet that the government should do all it could to "ensure that disproportionate publicity was not given to these raids" and "avoid giving the impression that the Germans were making full reprisal" for British raids.
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141:Baedeker Blitz (England)
2058:Evacuation of civilians
1773:Rothnie, Niall (1992).
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4315:Battle of the Beams
3992:RAF Coastal Command
3987:RAF Balloon Command
3982:RAF Fighter Command
3698:Mandatory Palestine
2043:Battle of the Beams
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1409:, pp. 472–478.
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1322:Operation Steinbock
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4002:RAF Bomber Command
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1833:Bath Blitz website
1775:The Baedeker Blitz
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1784:978-0-7110-2038-2
1110:Weston-super-Mare
1083:Winston Churchill
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789:precision bombing
684:bombing of Lübeck
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1739:. Pan Books.
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1733:Hastings, Max
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4083:AA Divisions
4073:III AA Corps
3966:Organisation
3899:Cyril Newall
3889:Hugh Dowding
3765:North Africa
3667:Kuala Lumpur
3648:Other cities
3634:Pearl Harbor
3290:Schaffhausen
3247:Other cities
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3035:Soviet Union
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2448:Aschersleben
2431:Other cities
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1181:Luftflotte 3
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1068:North Africa
1057:
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1004:also bombed
979:
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928:Olive Wharry
889:Luftflotte 3
884:
875:of that name
860:propagandist
857:
836:raid on Bath
833:
822:Adolf Hitler
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332:Luftflotte 3
330:
296:
282:Hugo Sperrle
187:Belligerents
42:Part of the
29:
4259:Beaufighter
4155:Other units
4068:II AA Corps
3948:R. V. Jones
3828:during the
3729:Other areas
3690:Middle East
3663:(Sri Lanka)
3323:Pacific War
3195:Southampton
3110:Bournemouth
2932:Netherlands
2763:Alessandria
2703:Schweinfurt
2698:Saarbrücken
2543:Halberstadt
2503:Dietzenbach
2453:Baden-Baden
2005:Southampton
1910:Bournemouth
1234:Bournemouth
1133:King's Lynn
1106:Southampton
1070:and on the
867: [
850:Baedeker's
736:Butt Report
728:hit-and-run
701:AMES Type 7
662:guide books
558:Southampton
498:Bournemouth
382:150 aircrew
4371:Categories
4324:Chain Home
4303:Technology
4240:Operation
4232:Operation
4224:Operation
4216:Operation
4193:operations
4063:I AA Corps
3941:Scientists
3909:Keith Park
3669:(Malaysia)
3657:(Thailand)
3538:Utsunomiya
3298:(Bulgaria)
3266:Hammerfest
3211:Yugoslavia
3180:Nottingham
3170:Manchester
3105:Birmingham
3057:Stalingrad
2959:Middelburg
2678:Peenemünde
2658:Nordhausen
2608:Königsberg
2573:Hildesheim
2488:Crailsheim
2402:Düsseldorf
2180:Canterbury
2000:Sunderland
1980:Nottingham
1965:Manchester
1905:Birmingham
1765:0711007233
1670:References
1230:Chelmsford
1226:Cheltenham
1214:Eastbourne
1210:Sunderland
1129:Sunderland
1122:Colchester
1114:Birmingham
1055:included.
1049:Canterbury
1041:cathedrals
1018:Canterbury
834:After the
751:Manchester
711:Background
553:Portsmouth
543:Manchester
493:Birmingham
452:Kanalkampf
134:Canterbury
4387:The Blitz
4269:Hurricane
4218:Steinbock
4206:The Blitz
3780:Fort Lamy
3746:Gibraltar
3606:Australia
3585:Singapore
3555:Yokkaichi
3548:June 1944
3528:Toyohashi
3448:Hiratsuka
3443:Hamamatsu
3390:Indonesia
3371:Hong Kong
3366:Chongqing
3310:(Croatia)
3304:(Austria)
3274:(Finland)
3262:(Ireland)
3256:(Hungary)
3233:Podgorica
3217:Belgrade
3190:Sheffield
3160:Liverpool
3130:Clydebank
3085:The Blitz
3047:Leningrad
3021:Bucharest
2979:The Hague
2954:Enkhuizen
2944:Eindhoven
2939:Amsterdam
2778:Benevento
2713:Stuttgart
2683:Pforzheim
2673:Paderborn
2668:Osnabrück
2663:Nuremberg
2633:Magdeburg
2593:Karlsruhe
2578:Innsbruck
2568:Heilbronn
2518:Frankfurt
2493:Darmstadt
2422:Wuppertal
2372:Battle of
2273:V-weapons
2263:Firestorm
1995:Sheffield
1970:Newcastle
1955:Liverpool
1930:Clydebank
1876:The Blitz
1713:(2005) .
1330:V-weapons
1317:Luftwaffe
1296:Luftwaffe
1284:Luftwaffe
1250:all clear
1222:Maidstone
1175:Luftwaffe
1166:Luftwaffe
1154:Spitfires
1141:Luftwaffe
1097:Luftwaffe
1090:Aftermath
1033:Guildhall
1001:Luftwaffe
988:Cathedral
983:Luftwaffe
960:attacked
957:Luftwaffe
917:I./KG 100
827:Luftwaffe
794:Luftwaffe
776:, use of
755:Lancaster
719:Luftwaffe
705:Luftwaffe
693:the Blitz
674:'s (RAF)
668:Luftwaffe
649:Luftwaffe
598:Steinbock
569:1942–1945
563:Sheffield
538:Liverpool
513:Clydebank
481:The Blitz
4284:Spitfire
4279:Mosquito
4252:Aircraft
4226:Crossbow
4055:AA Corps
3974:Commands
3837:Overview
3720:Tel Aviv
3639:Unalaska
3573:(Taiwan)
3564:Colonies
3533:Toyokawa
3513:Shizuoka
3402:Surabaya
3397:Sukabumi
3381:Shanghai
3343:Mandalay
3280:(Norway)
3272:Helsinki
3268:(Norway)
3254:Budapest
3238:Sarajevo
3185:Plymouth
3145:Greenock
3135:Coventry
3115:Brighton
3026:Ploiești
2964:Nijmegen
2949:Enschede
2828:Grosseto
2813:Frascati
2788:Cagliari
2743:Würzburg
2638:Mannheim
2563:Hannover
2483:Chemnitz
2443:Augsburg
2397:Duisburg
2392:Dortmund
2374:the Ruhr
2345:Le Havre
2068:Trekking
2048:Blackout
1990:Plymouth
1985:Nuneaton
1940:Greenock
1935:Coventry
1915:Brighton
1795:(1985).
1735:(1979).
1691:(2006).
1679:(1989).
1621:Terraine
1609:Hastings
1537:Grayling
1484:Hastings
1472:Grayling
1460:Terraine
1431:Terraine
1419:Terraine
1407:Terraine
1395:Hastings
1383:Terraine
1371:Hastings
1336:See also
1320:mounted
1218:Hastings
1035:and the
805:Planning
743:Stirling
658:Baedeker
575:Baedeker
548:Plymouth
518:Coventry
473:Sea Lion
457:Adlertag
291:Strength
163:Location
4294:Typhoon
4289:Tempest
4264:Defiant
3736:Bahrain
3661:Colombo
3655:Bangkok
3571:Taihoku
3493:Okazaki
3473:Nagaoka
3433:Fukuoka
3376:Nanjing
3200:Swansea
3175:Norwich
3125:Cardiff
3120:Bristol
3100:Belfast
3068:Kingdom
3014:Romania
2995:Frampol
2918:Viterbo
2913:Vicenza
2898:Trieste
2893:Treviso
2863:Pescara
2858:Palermo
2838:Messina
2833:Livorno
2803:Ferrara
2798:Catania
2793:Cassino
2783:Bologna
2693:Rostock
2688:Potsdam
2648:Münster
2613:Leipzig
2553:Hamburg
2538:Giessen
2508:Dresden
2478:Breslau
2463:Bocholt
2417:Krefeld
2387:Cologne
2364:Germany
2324:Tallinn
2312:Estonia
2291:Denmark
2190:Norwich
2168:Targets
2010:Swansea
1975:Norwich
1925:Cardiff
1920:Bristol
1900:Belfast
1549:Gilbert
1522:Rothnie
1496:Rothnie
1242:Grimsby
1238:Lincoln
1150:Bristol
1102:Ipswich
1045:Norwich
1026:Cologne
1014:Grimsby
962:Norwich
811:Rostock
747:Halifax
590:Norwich
508:Cardiff
503:Bristol
488:Belfast
445:Britain
348:I/KG100
217:Germany
168:England
101:Norwich
4274:Meteor
4242:Gisela
4012:Groups
3873:People
3741:Cyprus
3673:Manila
3618:Darwin
3613:Broome
3543:Yawata
3508:Sendai
3503:Rabaul
3488:Numazu
3478:Nagoya
3423:Aomori
3308:Zagreb
3302:Vienna
3284:Prague
3278:Namsos
3260:Dublin
3165:London
3140:Exeter
3066:United
3005:Wieluń
3000:Warsaw
2988:Poland
2908:Verona
2878:Rimini
2848:Naples
2808:Foggia
2768:Ancona
2708:Siegen
2653:Munich
2618:Lübeck
2598:Kassel
2498:Dessau
2473:Bremen
2458:Berlin
2438:Aachen
2382:Bochum
2333:France
2185:Exeter
1960:London
1890:Barrow
1803:
1781:
1762:
1743:
1721:
1699:
1290:Duppel
1281:, the
1272:Window
1198:Fw 190
1194:SKG 10
1190:Ju 88s
1186:Do217s
1146:Ju 86P
1047:, and
940:Exeter
932:Exeter
770:Harris
645:German
617:Gisela
580:Exeter
214:
199:
175:Result
69:Exeter
4320:Radar
4234:Diver
3751:Malta
3715:Jaffa
3710:Haifa
3518:Tokyo
3498:Osaka
3428:Fukui
3418:Akita
3411:Japan
3359:China
3331:Burma
3296:Sofia
3155:Leeds
3052:Minsk
3042:Gorky
2923:Zadar
2903:Turin
2888:Terni
2853:Padua
2843:Milan
2823:Gorla
2818:Genoa
2756:Italy
2738:Worms
2723:Wesel
2643:Moers
2628:Mainz
2603:Kleve
2558:Hanau
2548:Halle
2513:Emden
2407:Essen
2350:Royan
2319:Narva
2303:Rønne
1950:Leeds
1660:Price
1645:Price
1633:Price
1597:Price
1585:Price
1573:Price
1561:Price
1448:Price
1358:Notes
1276:radar
1265:USAAF
1010:Poole
992:Cowes
976:1942.
944:Devon
881:Raids
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605:Diver
533:Leeds
343:KG106
3924:Army
3773:Chad
3705:Acre
3483:Naha
3468:Kure
3463:Kōfu
3458:Kobe
3438:Gifu
3226:1944
3221:1941
3150:Hull
3095:Bath
2883:Rome
2868:Pisa
2773:Bari
2583:Jena
2340:Caen
2298:Nexø
2195:York
2175:Bath
1945:Hull
1895:Bath
1801:ISBN
1779:ISBN
1760:ISBN
1741:ISBN
1719:ISBN
1697:ISBN
1064:Axis
1053:York
1006:Hull
966:York
952:Bath
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901:and
897:KG 2
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585:Bath
528:Hull
155:Date
117:York
85:Bath
3881:RAF
2718:Ulm
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1043:of
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635:or
611:V-2
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