Coventry Blitz

"Coventry bombing" redirects here. For other uses, see List of terrorist incidents in Great Britain § 1970s.

Coventry Blitz
Part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II

Winston Churchill, the Mayor J. A. Moseley, the Bishop of Coventry M. G. Haigh, the Deputy Mayor A. R. Grindlay, and others visiting the ruins of Coventry Cathedral in September 1941
Date1940–1942
Location
Coventry
Result Coventry city centre heavily damaged by German air raids
Belligerents
 Nazi Germany  United Kingdom

The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning "lightning war" listenⓘ) was a series of bombing raids that took place on the British city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The most devastating of these attacks occurred on the evening of 14 November 1940 and continued into the morning of 15 November.