Posted on 11/14/2010 5:37:50 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
I remember my Grandma telling me about the raid on Coventry, she was in the middle of it and escaped death by a miracle. It wasn't pleasant.
In any case, there was not much in the way of "extra defensive measures" that could have been taken. The RAF had no effective night fighters at that stage in the war and there was a chronic shortage of AA guns and especially searchlights.
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