Historical place archive

Coventry in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Coventry in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records2 event labels2 people1940–1940

Historical events in Coventry

1940

14 November 1940
Battle of Britain
Adolf Hitler · World War, 2nd

Coventry is blitzed by 500 bombers & almost demolished

14 November 1940
Battle of Britain
Herman Goering · World War, 2nd

Coventry is destroyed during a night raid

14 November 1940
Bombing of Coventry
Herman Goering · World War, 2nd

449 German planes bomb Coventry

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Coventry. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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