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The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids was a series of bombing raids in April and May 1942 by the German Luftwaffe on English cities during World War II. The name derives from Baedeker, a series of German tourist guide books, including detailed maps, which were used to select targets for bombing.
Exeter was the first city to be bombed in the 'Baedeker' raids. In this first raid on the night of 25-26 April, 80 people were killed and 55 wounded. In a further attack in early May, 90 aircraft dropped high explosives, parachute mines and incendiaries.
The Norwich Blitz refers to the heavy bombing of Norwich and surrounding area by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The bombings launched on numerous British cities were known as the Blitz.
The first city to bear the brunt of the Baedeker Blitz was Exeter, an ancient county town in Devon with a rich heritage of historic buildings. On the night of Saint George's Day, April 23-24, 1942, Exeter experienced its first devastating raid.
Exeter was the first British city to be bombed in the Baedeker Raids. Starting on the night of 23/24 April 1942, the Luftwaffe attacked the cathedral city for two days with high explosives and...
The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker Raids were a series of attacks by the German air force on English cities in response to the bombing of Lübeck on the 28/29th March 1942. Hitler was furious with the Lübeck raid, an anger compounded by the RAF's bombing of historic Rostock shortly afterwards.
History. The Blitz. September 1940-May 1941. The Blitz was Nazi Germany's sustained aerial bombing campaign against Britain in World War Two. The raids killed 43,000 civilians and lasted for...
