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Topic review - WW2 Kenilworth
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rebbonk
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 Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:16 pm
I read something interesting from a WW2 researcher the other day. In the early days of the war we gave Germany a bit of a hefty bombing with our Whitley bombers. At the time they made up the biggest part of our heavy bomber fleet. Apparently, someone jokingly suggested that Germany had been 'Whittled'. Hitler got to hear of this and demanded to know where the Whitley was built. This may have been one reason that Coventry took such a battering? But it is almost certainly the reason why the expression 'coventrated' was coined.
I read something interesting from a WW2 researcher the other day. In the early days of the war we gave Germany a bit of a hefty bombing with our Whitley bombers. At the time they made up the biggest part of our heavy bomber fleet. Apparently, someone jokingly suggested that Germany had been 'Whittled'. Hitler got to hear of this and demanded to know where the Whitley was built. This may have been one reason that Coventry took such a battering? But it is almost certainly the reason why the expression 'coventrated' was coined.
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Lex
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:05 pm
WW2 Kenilworth
An article on how Kenilworth was affected by air raids on Coventry: [url]https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/how-kenilworth-experienced-one-its-darkest-chapters-when-many-died-during-world-war-ii-air-raids-80-years-ago-month-3032547[/url]
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