The Blitz
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The First Sexual Revolution
In November 1940, Hitler changes his strategy again, switching the focus of the airborne attacks away from London. Coventry in the Midlands area of England is especially badly hit on November 14. The German high command is so pleased with what it is achieved here that it coins a new verb to Coventry: "to destroy a city by intense bombing" Other cities targeted from November onwards include Birmingham, Liverpool, Hull, Swansea, Portsmouth and Bristol.
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