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‘We shall go out and bomb every building in Britain marked with three stars in the Baedeker Guide’ the German Foreign Office announced in April 1942, as the Luftwaffe attacked Exeter, Bath, Norwich, York and Canterbury. This might have been a challenge, as there were no three star buildings in the guide. Nevertheless, it was this comment that gave the Baedeker Blitz its name.
These attacks were direct retaliation for RAF raids on equally historic German cities, such as Lübeck. Hitler ordered that ‘Preference is to be given…where attacks are likely to have the greatest possible effect on civilian life’ and in this narrow aim they certainly succeeded. My book is the first full history of the raids for over twenty years. It describes the Baedeker Blitz from the point of view of the civilians who were its target, with graphic first-hand accounts and contemporary news stories.
Anthony Headâs teenage obsessions: âThe Rocky Horror Show ignited something in my coreâ
(From left) Anthony Head, Simon and Garfunkel, Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Show and Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Composite: Rex/Getty
(From left) Anthony Head, Simon and Garfunkel, Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Show and Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Composite: Rex/Getty
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