What made this Luftwaffe air raid so unusual was the extreme altitude at which it had been carried out by a revolutionary new enemy bomber. The 250 kg bomb had been dropped at the then phenomenal ...

They even found out what time the Luftwaffe commandant was due to step ... They could relay the horrible echoes of the air raid, unfolding live, or they could shut down the transmission.

Rescue workers searching through the wreckage of a police station in Coventry following the Luftwaffe air raid on 8th April, 1941. A policeman on traffic duty in the blackout. His helmet has a ...

It was believed that the Luftwaffe could not travel that far ... Some 900 people were killed and 1,500 were injured as a result of this air raid. Apart from London, this was the greatest loss ...

but its planners hoped it was convincing when viewed from on high by an anxious Luftwaffe bombardier. In the event of a night raid, Richmond’s city lights would be darkened. Then the dummy field ...