Baedeker raid
English edit
Etymology edit
From the series of German travel guides.
Noun edit
Baedeker raid (plural Baedeker raids)
- (historical, usually in the plural) Any of a series of raids by the Luftwaffe on historic English cities during the Second World War.
- 2011, Carol Harris, Blitz Diary, The History Press, →ISBN:
- 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.