Coventry 1940

[SamuelKhan]

November 14, 1940

In one night, more than 4,000 homes in Coventry were destroyed and around two-thirds of the city's buildings were damaged. The raid was heavily concentrated on the city centre, most of which was destroyed. Two hospitals, two churches and a police station were also among the damaged buildings.[21][22]The local police force lost no less than nine constables or messengers in the blitz.[23]Around one third of the city's factories were completely destroyed or severely damaged, another third were badly damaged, and the rest suffered slight damage. Among the destroyed factories were the main Daimler factory, the Humber Hillman factory, the Alfred Herbert Ltd machine tool works, nine aircraft factories, and two naval ordnance stores. However the effects on war production were only temporary, as much essential war production had already been moved to 'shadow factories' on the city outskirts. Also, many of the damaged factories were quickly repaired and had recovered to full production within a few months.[24]

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[Revenant]

That's WWII for you...

 

[kopfhorer]

According to 60 Minutes, the allies knew of the impending air raid on Coventry due to having broken the Nazis' "Enigma" code. They let the air raid proceed as if surprised by it so as to not let the Nazis know they'd broken their code.