Baedeker raid

English

Etymology

From the series of German travel guides.

Noun

Baedeker raid (plural Baedeker raids)

1. (historical, usually in the plural) Any of a series of raids by the Luftwaffe on historic English cities during the Second World War.
   • 2011, Carol Harris, Blitz Diary, The History Press, →ISBN:

     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.