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href="/wiki/Liverpool_Blitz" title="Liverpool Blitz">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Blitz" title="Manchester Blitz">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Blitz" title="Plymouth Blitz">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Portsmouth#20th_century" title="History of Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_Blitz" title="Southampton Blitz">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Blitz" title="Sheffield Blitz">Sheffield</a></li></ul> <p><b>1942–1945</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baedeker_Blitz" title="Baedeker Blitz">Baedeker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_Blitz" title="Exeter Blitz">Exeter</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_Blitz" title="Norwich Blitz">Norwich</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Steinbock" title="Operation Steinbock"><i>Steinbock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diver" title="Operation Diver"><i>Diver</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V-2_rocket#Operational_history" title="V-2 rocket">V-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gisela" title="Operation Gisela"><i>Gisela</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bath_panorama_from_railway_just_west_of_Station_geograph-2095074-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bath_panorama_from_railway_just_west_of_Station_geograph-2095074-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg/300px-Bath_panorama_from_railway_just_west_of_Station_geograph-2095074-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bath_panorama_from_railway_just_west_of_Station_geograph-2095074-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg/450px-Bath_panorama_from_railway_just_west_of_Station_geograph-2095074-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bath_panorama_from_railway_just_west_of_Station_geograph-2095074-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg/600px-Bath_panorama_from_railway_just_west_of_Station_geograph-2095074-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="635" /></a><figcaption>View of the centre of Bath in 1958, still with signs of war damage.</figcaption></figure> <p>The term <b>Bath Blitz</b> refers to the air raids by the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath, Somerset</a>, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>The city was bombed in April 1942 as part of the so-called "<a href="/wiki/Baedeker_raids" class="mw-redirect" title="Baedeker raids">Baedeker raids</a>", in which targets were chosen for their cultural and historical, rather than their strategic or military, value. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bath_Blitz&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bath was subject to numerous air raid warnings during <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a>, the German night bombing offensive against Britain's cities, as raiders flew overhead on their way to nearby <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> which was <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blitz" title="Bristol Blitz">bombed severely</a> throughout the period, and several bombs fell on Bath during 1940 and 1941. However, the city remained largely untouched until April 1942 and the start of the <a href="/wiki/Baedeker_Blitz" title="Baedeker Blitz">Baedeker Blitz</a>, mounted in response to a step-change in the effectiveness of the RAF's bombing offensive in March 1942 which resulted in <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_L%C3%BCbeck_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Lübeck in World War II">the destruction of</a> the city of <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Blitz">The Blitz</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bath_Blitz&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Blitz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the weekend of 25–27 April 1942, Bath suffered three raids from 80 <i>Luftwaffe</i> aircraft which took off from Nazi occupied northern France.<sup id="cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpenceBlitz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the city sirens wailed, few citizens took cover, even when the first pathfinder flares fell. The people of Bath still believed the attack was destined for nearby <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>. During the previous four months, Bristol had been hit almost every night, so the people of Bath did not expect the bombs to fall on them.<sup id="cite_ref-Warren_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warren-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first raid struck just before 11 pm on the Saturday night and lasted until 1 am. The German aircraft then returned to France, refuelled, rearmed and returned at 4.35 am. Bath was still on fire from the first raid, making it easier for the German bombers to pick out their targets. The third raid, which only lasted two hours but caused extensive damage, commenced in the early hours of Monday morning. The bombers flew low to drop their high explosives and incendiaries, and then returned to rake the streets with machine-gun fire.<sup id="cite_ref-Warren_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warren-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Effects">Effects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bath_Blitz&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>417 people were killed, another 1,000 injured. Over 19,000 buildings were affected, of which 1,100 were seriously damaged or destroyed, including 218 of architectural or historic interest.<sup id="cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpenceBlitz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Warren_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warren-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Houses in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Crescent" title="Royal Crescent">Royal Crescent</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Circus,_Bath" title="The Circus, Bath">Circus</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Paragon,_Bath" title="The Paragon, Bath">Paragon</a> were destroyed and the <a href="/wiki/Bath_Assembly_Rooms" title="Bath Assembly Rooms">Assembly Rooms</a> were burnt out.<sup id="cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpenceBlitz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) <a href="/wiki/High_explosive" class="mw-redirect" title="High explosive">high explosive</a> bomb landed on the south side of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Square_(Bath)" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Square (Bath)">Queen Square</a>, resulting in houses on the south side being damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpenceBlitz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Francis_Hotel,_Bath" title="Francis Hotel, Bath">Francis Hotel</a> lost 24 metres (79 ft) of its hotel frontage, and most of the buildings on Queen Square suffered some level of <a href="/wiki/Fragmentation_(weaponry)" title="Fragmentation (weaponry)">shrapnel</a> damage. Casualties on the Square were low, considering the devastation, with the majority of hotel guests and staff having taken shelter in the hotel's basement.<sup id="cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpenceBlitz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of Bath's churches were greatly damaged,<sup id="cite_ref-bathecho_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bathecho-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including St James Church on Stall Street and St Andrew's Church,<sup id="cite_ref-bathintime_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bathintime-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both of which had to be demolished; the St James site is now a retail building and the St Andrew's site is now a park. </p><p>Many buildings have subsequently been restored, or otherwise have been replaced by different buildings or a new land use (such as a park), although there are still some signs of the bombing.<sup id="cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpenceBlitz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RCBomb_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCBomb-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bathchron-20140225_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bathchron-20140225-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bath_Blitz&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schludecker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Schludecker.jpg/170px-Schludecker.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Schludecker.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Willi Schludecker at the 25 April 2008 memorial service in Bath, with his remembrance wreath.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the raid, an <a href="/wiki/Air-raid_shelter" class="mw-redirect" title="Air-raid shelter">air-raid shelter</a> was provided for <a href="/wiki/Queen_Square_(Bath)" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Square (Bath)">Queen Square</a> occupants in the then private central garden. In 1948, the residents gave the garden to the people of Bath with the intention it would become a memorial to the victims of the enemy attacks. Today the square plays host to a variety of community activities, including the <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a> Festival and the annual Bath Boules Tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpenceBlitz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Willi Schludecker, 87, who flew more than 120 sorties for the <i>Luftwaffe</i>, including the Bath Blitz, travelled to the UK as part of Bath's annual remembrance service on Friday 25 April 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Willi Schludecker died in a hospital in <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a> on 17 June 2010, at the age of 90. </p><p>Among the <a href="/wiki/Firefighter" title="Firefighter">firefighters</a> assigned to the scene in Bath was <a href="/wiki/Harry_Patch" title="Harry Patch">Harry Patch</a>, who in the 2000s became the last surviving frontline British Army veteran from the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. </p><p>In 2016, a live 500 pounds (230 kg) bomb was discovered by workmen under the playground of the former <a href="/wiki/Royal_High_School,_Bath" title="Royal High School, Bath">Royal High School, Bath</a> site.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bomb, which had remained undiscovered for over 70 years, was made safe by a <a href="/wiki/Bomb_disposal" title="Bomb disposal">bomb disposal</a> team before being removed to the <a href="/wiki/Torr_Works" title="Torr Works">Torr Works</a> quarry and blown up.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bath_Blitz&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._C._Grayling" title="A. C. Grayling">Grayling, A. C.</a> (2006); <i>Among the dead cities</i>; Bloomsbury (2006); <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7475-7671-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7475-7671-8">0-7475-7671-8</a>. pp. 50–52</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Harris,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet">Harris, Arthur</a> (1947); <i>Bomber Offensive</i>, Pen & Sword, (Paperback 2005), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84415-210-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-84415-210-3">1-84415-210-3</a>; p. 105</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-SpenceBlitz-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SpenceBlitz_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSpence2012" class="citation book cs1">Spence, Cathryn (2012). <i>Bath in the Blitz: Then and Now</i>. Stroud: The History Press. p. 55. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780752466392" title="Special:BookSources/9780752466392"><bdi>9780752466392</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bath+in+the+Blitz%3A+Then+and+Now&rft.place=Stroud&rft.pages=55&rft.pub=The+History+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9780752466392&rft.aulast=Spence&rft.aufirst=Cathryn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABath+Blitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Warren-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Warren_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Warren_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Warren_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWarren" class="citation web cs1">Warren, Jim. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bathblitz.org/">"Bath Blitz Memorial Project"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bath+Blitz+Memorial+Project&rft.aulast=Warren&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bathblitz.org%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABath+Blitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080131165322/http://www.royalcrescentbath.com/HistoryRoyalCrescent%202.htm">"Royal Crescent History: The Day Bombs fell on Bath"</a>. <i>Royal Crescent Society, Bath</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalcrescentbath.com/HistoryRoyalCrescent%202.htm">the original</a> on 31 January 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 December</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Royal+Crescent+Society%2C+Bath&rft.atitle=Royal+Crescent+History%3A+The+Day+Bombs+fell+on+Bath&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalcrescentbath.com%2FHistoryRoyalCrescent%25202.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABath+Blitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bathecho-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bathecho_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/bath-remembers-devastating-1942-blitz-bombing-56298/">"Bath Remembers Devastating 1942 Blitz Bombing"</a>. <i>Bath Echo</i>. 25 April 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 August</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=bathintime.co.uk&rft.atitle=Buy+St+Andrews%2C+Julian+Road+Prints+at+Bath+in+Time&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bathintime.co.uk%2Fcategory%2F8879%2Fchurches-chapels-cemeteries%2Fst-andrews-julian-road&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABath+Blitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RCBomb-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RCBomb_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20080131165322/http://www.royalcrescentbath.com/HistoryRoyalCrescent%202.htm#The_Day_Bombs_fell_on_Bath">"Royal Crescent History: The Day Bombs fell on Bath"</a>. <i>Royal Crescent Society, Bath</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 December</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Royal+Crescent+Society%2C+Bath&rft.atitle=Royal+Crescent+History%3A+The+Day+Bombs+fell+on+Bath&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalcrescentbath.com%2FHistoryRoyalCrescent%25202.htm%23The_Day_Bombs_fell_on_Bath&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABath+Blitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bathchron-20140225-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bathchron-20140225_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140307090009/http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Concerns-redevelopment-plans-listed-Bath-Blitz/story-20697818-detail/story.html">"Concerns over redevelopment plans for listed Bath Blitz bomb damage building"</a>. <i>Bath Chronicle</i>. 25 February 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Concerns-redevelopment-plans-listed-Bath-Blitz/story-20697818-detail/story.html">the original</a> on 7 March 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 February</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bath+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Concerns+over+redevelopment+plans+for+listed+Bath+Blitz+bomb+damage+building&rft.date=2014-02-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bathchronicle.co.uk%2FConcerns-redevelopment-plans-listed-Bath-Blitz%2Fstory-20697818-detail%2Fstory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABath+Blitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7362460.stm">"Luftwaffe pilot sorry for bombing"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 23 April 2008. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Bath+WW2+bomb+scare%3A+Hundreds+of+homes+evacuated&rft.date=2016-05-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-somerset-36279782&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABath+Blitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-36291645">"Bath WW2 bomb scare: Device defused, police say"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 13 May 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Bath+WW2+bomb+scare%3A+Device+defused%2C+police+say&rft.date=2016-05-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-somerset-36291645&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABath+Blitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bath_Blitz&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bathblitz.org">Bath Blitz website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1892714.stm">BBC News: 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