Chronology of history

November 16, 2010 11:25 AM

On November 8, 1940 was Munich Germany bombed by the RAF.

I am looking for a primary source on the internet.
I have tried many google searches . A link with any information would be helpful. A viewable newspaper, RAF public data etc.

posted by clavdivs to Society & Culture (11 answers total)

Best answer: It seems Google is almost intentionally burying its Google News Archive (can't even find it from Google News) but I found this set of results and this article for starters (hopefully that's not an expiring link).
posted by crapmatic at 11:33 AM on November 16, 2010

Transcript of an RAF officer's broadcast for the BBC regarding the bombing of Munich.
posted by scody at 11:34 AM on November 16, 2010 [1 favorite]

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=111309

That link suggests it was and came up pretty quickly in a google search for "dates of bombing germany RAF Munich".
posted by Brockles at 11:34 AM on November 16, 2010

I'd imagine Nov 8th local to where the war was happening which is only one time zone +/- an hour at the time.
posted by Brockles at 11:36 AM on November 16, 2010

Best answer: Item 3 on this page mentions it as does this link in German (scroll down to München im Bombenkrieg).
posted by TheRaven at 11:43 AM on November 16, 2010

Best answer: LONDON, Nov. 9--A few minutes after Reichsfuchrer Hitler had finished his speech last night in the beer cellar in Munich where he celebrated the anniversary of his 1923 Putsch. Royal Air Force bombers fired the hall, according to declarations by officials here today. NY Times, Nov 10 1940.

You have to pay if you want to read the whole article though
posted by mskyle at 11:46 AM on November 16, 2010 [1 favorite]

Best answer: If you read German, you could look at what a search in google scholar turns up using these terms

8. november 1940 münchen bomben

Paraphrasing the content of TheRaven's link, a secondary source - obviously - it seems that the whole enterprise was initiated to disturb the annual NSDAP jubilee of the march on the Feldherrnhalle

A transcript of Hitler's 8 November speech (in Munich) is online; first hit on Google on those search terms. [Not linking; the page is clean in terms of popups, but the site it comes from is disgusting, not to be touched with a mile-long pole.]
posted by Namlit at 11:55 AM on November 16, 2010

There was a recent article about how the bombing of Coventry, England was in direct retaliation for the attack on Munich.
posted by Lone_Wolf at 12:49 PM on November 16, 2010

Response by poster: thanks all
Lone_Wolf :what was the publication?
posted by clavdivs at 9:45 PM on November 16, 2010

Sorry it's taken so long...I haven't been here for a couple of days.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/09/coventry-blitz-hitler-revenge
posted by Lone_Wolf at 1:29 PM on November 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: thank you Lone_Wolf.
posted by clavdivs at 3:12 PM on November 18, 2010