It was a night that changed Coventry forever. 85 years ago, on November 14 1940, a devastating air raid was carried out that made the city synonymous with destruction and ruin. But from the ashes ...
Growing up in Coventry you learn all about the city's suffering during World War Two. With such symbolic scars as the cathedral ruins standing resolutely in our city centre, it's a history you simply ...
After the Luftwaffe attack on Coventry, on 14 November 1940, a mass grave was dug to bury all the dead. There is no sound with this video. Coventry Blitz: Burying the dead. Video, 00:01:00Coventry ...
A 97-year-old man has told how his family's air-raid shelter caved in on the night of the Coventry Blitz, leaving them buried before his father dug them out. "The air was foul with cordite, ...
A new walking trail has been launched to help people learn about the Coventry Blitz 85 years ago. Visitors can join an organised walk through the city, stopping at some of the areas worst affected by ...
Coventry is a city ever evolving. Going back almost a thousand years it's been at the forefront of important industries - quaint historical artisan professions like watchmaking and ribbon weaving and ...
The ruins of the 14th-century Coventry Cathedral stand as a reminder of the blitz the city suffered in 1941. (Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images) It should all have been so different for ...
Gordon Talbot has spoken publicly for the first time about when the Blitz of Coventry claimed hundreds of lives [BBC] A 97-year-old man has told how his family's air-raid shelter caved in on the night ...