I soldati hanno portato a Coventry per aiutare con il chiaro fino a seguito del pesante tedesco air raid del XIV Novembre 1940. Tra la devastazione gettare i corpi di 554 uomini, donne e bambini, molti dei quali non sono mai stati individuati anche 865 persone sono state ferite.

• Collaboratore: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: EMWKXA
• Dimensioni dei file: 75,2 MB (3,6 MB Download compresso)
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• Dimensioni: 5850 x 4492 px | 49,5 x 38 cm | 19,5 x 15 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 18 novembre 1940
• Fotografo: Mirrorpix

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Soldiers brought in to Coventry to help with the clear up following the heavy German air raid of the 14th November 1940. During the raid 4, 330 homes were destroyed also three-quarters of the city's factories were damaged along with the city's tram system. Out of a fleet of 181 buses only 73 remained. Most of the city's gas and water pipes were smashed and people were advised to boil emergency supplies of water. Amongst the devastation lay the bodies of 554 men, women and children many of whom were never identified also 865 people were injured. During the raid the Luftwaffe had dropped 30, 000 incendiary bombs, 500 tons of high explosive, 50 landmines and 20 oil-mines. The raid had gone on non-stop for almost eleven hours. The world had never previously witnessed this sort of airborne destruction before and the Germans coined a new word for it 'coventrated'.' 18th November 1940

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