Word: blitzing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...England watched warily for the appearance of Germany's long-promised V2, reputedly a rocket bomb of vast destructive powers and far greater range than V1. Considering Germany's industrial plight, V-2 might seem a forlorn hope to the soberer Herrenvolk. But after the V-1 blitz, Britons were not discounting anything. England would not be entirely safe until Germany...
...Among European United Nations, England has probably suffered the most damage to historic landmarks. Some 4,000 English churches have been hurt by blitz and robot bombing, 2,800 totally destroyed. Hardest hit: Exeter Cathedral...
...less certainty that U.S. troops would or could be as tough. Pictures in London newspapers showing hungry Germans sitting down to a meal of Army rations while Yanks stood around with pleased smiles (see cut), touched off angry comments from people who had just been through the robot blitz. (A few robombs, apparently launched from planes, still landed in & around London last week...
Most Londoners preferred bombs to robombs. At its peak the robomb blitz destroyed or damaged 17,000 houses a day, a destruction rate never equaled in the much longer bomb blitz...
...Blitz I killed 42,000 Britons, injured 50,000, destroyed 84,000 homes, damaged 1,500,000. Blitz II killed 10,000, injured 28,000, destroyed 23,000 homes, damaged...