Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-339) and index. |
Contents |
Wool, buttons, and magnetos -- 'The bomber will always get through' -- Boom -- Waiting for the Luftwaffe -- Blitz -- Raiders -- Knickebein -- Korn -- Finding the beam -- Red alert -- Executive cold water -- 'A seething mass of flame' -- Death in the suburbs -- The long night ending -- The martyred city -- 'Are we down-hearted?' -- The quick and the dead -- Coventrated? -- Defiance -- 'Thank goodness you're alright' -- Resurgam. |
Summary |
Examines the German Luftwaffe's air raid on Coventry, England, on November 14, 1940, and its impact and precedent as a new kind of air warfare. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Coventry.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German.
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Coventry (England) -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Coventry (England).
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German.
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Coventry (England) -- History.
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ISBN |
9781632861979 (hc. : trade) |
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1632861976 (hc. : trade) |
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