Thank you, Henkster. That is persuasive. I will take it over Hitchens in Atlantic.
For me, the bottom line is that even if Churchill “knew” Coventry was a target, I doubt he would have known until it was too late to warn the citizenry. I’m sure the Brits were getting all sorts of false leads from intelligence on where the Germans were bombing, so how much of the information could he have really trusted?
Also, even if he “knew” there was nothing he could have physically done to stop the raid. Britain’s night defenses at this time were pretty crude, and mostly concentrated around London anyway.
Yes thank you Henkster.