Baedeker raid
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Baedeker raid
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noun Baedeker raids
- Any of a series of raids by the Luftwaffe on historic English cities during the Second World War. 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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title = {Baedeker raid},
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