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Baedeker raid
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Etymology
From the series of German travel guides.
Noun
en historical usually in the plural Any of a series of raids by the Luftwaffe on historic English cities during the Second World War.
en 2011 Carol Harris Blitz Diary The History Press 9780752462752 There were two phases in the Baedeker raids. During the first phase, the Luftwaffe bombed Exeter, Bath, Norwich and York. Canterbury was the target in the second.
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