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Baedeker raid

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Baedeker raid
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(Historical Terms) Informal one of the German air raids in 1942 on places of cultural and historical importance in England


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He starts in Bath where Hitler's Baedeker raids (so-called because they targeted the most beautiful cities in the popular tourist guidebook) led to the introduction of a listing system for historic buildings for the first time.
Presenter and architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff starts the series in Bath, which was one of the cities targeted by Hilter in 1942 as part of his Baedeker Raids.
In today's photograph, passed by the Press and censorship Bureau shows York Guildhall ablaze during a so-called Baedeker raid.
 
 
 
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