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Baedeker raids

Baedeker raids is the plural of Baedeker raid.

Meaning of Baedeker raid

Noun

Baedeker raid (plural Baedeker raids)

  1. (historical, plural-normally) Any of a series of raids by the Luftwaffe on historic English cities during the Second World War.
    • There were two phases in the Baedeker raids. During the first phase, the Luftwaffe bombed Exeter, Bath, Norwich and York. Canterbury was the target in the second.2011, Carol Harris, Blitz Diary, The History Press, →ISBN

Questions about Baedeker raids

What is Baedeker raids the plural of?
Baedeker raids is the plural of Baedeker raid.

Words near Baedeker raids in the dictionary

  1. baecations
  2. baeckeol
  3. baed
  4. Baedeker
  5. Baedeker raid
  6. Baedeker raids
  7. Baedeker's
  8. Baedekerian
  9. Baedekers
  10. BAeE
  11. Baehr

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