Lasting hours, the Blitz was a period of sustained attack which would have ramifications on our city for decades as Coventry changed beyond all recognition. 500 German bombers took part in the ...
Coventry will never forget the night of the Blitz. It was the most concentrated air raid of the Second World War and razed the city to the ground. More than 500 German bombers took part in the ...
A woman who lived through the Coventry Blitz is funding a school trip for 200 children, thanks to proceeds from a book she wrote with her grandson. Mabel Hewitt was 11 in 1941 when an 11-hour ...
A wartime museum is appealing for volunteers to allow it to stay open on weekends. Coventry's Blitz Museum, located in the city's Cathedral Ruins, features a trove of 1940's memorabilia and ...
Next week marks the 84th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz. Thursday, November 14, 1940, was the night that saw devastation across Coventry and the destruction of the Cathedral Church of St Michael.
On 14 November 1940 the German Luftwaffe dropped so many bombs on Coventry that three guarters of the city was destroyed. Such was the devastation, the Germans coined a term to describe it - "to ...
A candlelit vigil has been held to mark the 84th anniversary of a city's near destruction. About 100 people gathered at a service in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral on Thursday evening to remember ...