Coventry to get major new Blitz memorial.A MAJOR new memorial to the Coventry Blitz The Coventry blitz was a series of bombing raids (blitzes) that took place in the English city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during World War II by the German Luftwaffe. The most devastating of these blitzes occurred on the evening of November 14, 1940. is being planned as a key part of the rebuilding of the city centre. On the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the anniversary of the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. raid by Nazi bombers - November 14, 1940 - plans have been announced for the city's first memorial to the suffering of the Coventrians who experienced the Blitz. The vision is for a highprofile sculpture as significant as the Lady Godiva statue in Broadgate. It would stand along a key pedestrianised route created by the ambitious pounds 1bn rebuilding of the city centre drawn up by US architects Jerde. Next year - to mark the 70th anniversary of the Blitz -Coventrians will be invited to have their say on what the memorial should look like, and its precise location. |
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