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	Baedeker online
		Karl Baedeker (1801 - 1859), Sohn einer alteingesessenen Buchdrucker- und Verlegerfamilie und selbst ein begeisterter Reisender, war einer der ersten, der den neuen Markt für Reiseführer entdeckte und als Autor und Verleger für Reisehandbücher über die Grenzen Deutschlands hinaus erfolgreich tätig wurde.
		Unter seiner Ägide erschienen erstmals ein Baedeker in englischer Sprache, "The Rhine", und zwei Regionalbände über Italien.
		Unter dem Namen Karl Baedeker GmbH schlossen sich beide Verlagshäuser 1987 mit Sitz in Ostfildern/Kemnat und einem kleineren Verlagsbüro in München zusammen, zehn Jahre später erwarb Mairs Geographischer Verlag (heute MAIRDUMONT) den Verlag Karl Baedeker mit allen Namensrechten zu 100%.
	www.baedeker.com /ueberuns.php?p=6 (1946 words)

	Baedeker Blitz
		The Baedeker Blitz was a series of reprisal raids for the bombing of the erstwhile Hanseatic League city of Lübeck during World War II.
		The Baedeker Blitz was conducted by the Luftwaffe in 1942.
		The cities were selected for their charms, hence the name Baedeker Blitz, Baedeker being the producers of tourist guide books in Germany.
	www.fastload.org /ba/Baedeker_Blitz.html (116 words)

	the Blitz: Information from Answers.com
		The Blitz was the sustained bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 16 May 1941.
		The described usage of the term "The Blitz" sounds like a misnomer in English language, since the word "blitz" is primarily associated with the term blitzkrieg (lightning-fast war) and may even be used as its abbreviation, often metaphorically.
		The Baedeker Blitz was a series of raids conducted in mid-1942 as reprisals for the RAF bombing of the German city of Lübeck.
	proxies.gr /nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/www.answers.com/topic/the-blitz (1619 words)

	Baedeker Blitz - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of reprisal raids for the bombing of the erstwhile Hanseatic League city of Lübeck during World War II, which was being used to supply the Russian front.
		The Baedeker Blitz was conducted by the German Luftwaffe between April and June 1942.
		The cities were reputedly selected from the German Baedeker tourist Guide to Britain, meeting the criterion of having been awarded three stars.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Baedeker_Blitz (143 words)

	Blitz - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Blitz, the German word for lightning, and often used figuratively as in blitzschnell (as fast as lightning), may mean any of a number of things in English:
		In English, blitz is also used as a verb, meaning to attack something rapidly, usually in a bathetic sense, as with 'nuke' or 'exterminate', i.e.
		The term Blitz (literal translation: lightning) is used in the German language for "extraordinary": like "blitzschnell" for extraordinarily fast, "blitzsauber" for extraordinarily clean, "blitzgescheit" for extraordinarily smart.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=4536 (295 words)

	Baedeker Blitz
		The Baedeker Blitz was a series of reprisal raids for the bombing of the erstwhile Hanseatic League city of Lübeck during World War II.
		The Baedeker Blitz was conducted by the Luftwaffe in 1942.
		The cities were selected for their charms, hence the name Baedeker Blitz, Baedeker being the producers of tourist guide books in Germany.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Baedeker_Blitz.html (77 words)

	Baedeker Blitz
		The Baedeker Raids were conducted by the German Luftwaffe Loftflotte 3 in two periods between April and June 1942.
		The cities were reputedly selected from the German Baedeker Tourist Guide to Britain, meeting the criterion of having been awarded three stars hence the English name for the raids.
		Several other raids are sometimes included under the ''Baedeker'' title, although only a few aircraft were involved in each and damage was not extensive.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Baedeker_Blitz (412 words)

	The Flambards Experience - The BEST Day of the Week!
		It is dusk somewhere in England in the Blitz.
		Flambards Britain in the Blitz war museum has two of the most common types on display both of which survived the war.
		The Morrison shelter doubled as a dining table and half-filled a small living room, and the corrugated Anderson shelter was half buried in the garden where it was often covered with mounds of earth that doubled as a vegetable patch.
	www.flambards.co.uk /blitz.php (706 words)

	By the book - World - Travel - smh.com.au
		Karl Baedeker is said to have written his first guidebook - Holland, Belgium and the Rhine - for Murray's Handbooks, but in 1829, with the publication of Baedeker's German-language guide to the Rhine Valley, he also became its first competition.
		Such was their influence that Kaiser Wilhelm was said to interrupt morning meetings in his palace to watch the changing of the guard from a particular window because "Baedeker is on record as saying that I do this every day and I mustn't disappoint his readers".
		Three years after the Baedeker Blitz, in an Allied air raid on Leipzig, the Baedeker plant was bombed.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/by-the-book/2005/11/11/1131578183666.html (2004 words)

	Blitz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Blitz, the German word for lightning, and often used figuratively as in schnell (as fast as lightning), may mean any of a numberof things in English :
		Baedeker Blitz, the reprisal bombing of strategically unimportantbut picturesque British cities
		For political reasons, military commanders avoid the terms 'blitz' and 'blitzkrieg' whenreferring to actual military operations.
	www.super8filmmaking.com /tail/10773-blitz.html (230 words)

	The Blitz, 1940/1941.
		Blitz was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940—1941.
		The Blitz inflicted around 43,000 deaths and destroyed over a million houses, but failed to achieve the Germans' strategic objectives of knocking Britain out of the war or rendering it unable to resist an invasion.
		The Luftwaffe's losses mounted and, with the impending invasion of Russia requiring the movement of air power to the East, the Blitz was wound down in May 1941.
	forums.canadiancontent.net /history/42898-blitz-1940-1941-a.html (1764 words)

	Shofar FTP Archives: places/england/baedeker-blitz
		To: kmcvay _The Baedeker Blitz: Hitler's Attack on Britains Historic Cities_ Niall Rothnie c.
		The result was a sustained campaign in April 1942 against the cities of Bath, Canterbury, Exeter, Norwich, and York -- the Baedecker Blitz.
		In _The Baedeker Blitz_ Nial Rothnie looks in depth at the raids and at the cities that suffered in them.
	www.vex.net /~nizkor/ftp.py?places/england/baedeker-blitz (337 words)

	Blitz League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chicago Blitz - Chicago Blitz was a professional American football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid 1980s.
		Baedeker Blitz - The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of Vergeltungsangriffe (retaliatory raids) for the bombing of the erstwhile Hanseatic League city of LÃ¼beck during World War II.
		Its 4th blitz league and 3 blitz league and you are up by 7.
	www.wiltsworld.com /blitzleague.html (911 words)

	Blitz
		In American football, a blitz is a defensive maneuver in which one or more defensive backs, which normally remain behind the line of scrimmage during a play, are instead sent across the line to the opponent's side in order to try to tackle the quarterback.
		A Chess Blitz[?] is a fast Chess-game with only 5 minutes for each player.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bl/Blitz.html (152 words)

	blitz \| \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		The story drew on Bart's childhood memories of London's Jewish East End during the Blitz and, like most musicals, centered on a romance between a young couple, in this case a Jewish woman and a Cockney man, although the largest role and main point-of-view character is that of Mrs.
		Ein Blitz ist ein Lichtbogen infolge einer elektrostatischen Entladung.
		Blitz (eigene Schreibweise BLITZ) ist ein Boulevardmagazin auf dem Fernsehsender Sat.1, wo es täglich von Montag bis Freitag um 18.50 Uhr ausgestrahlt wird.
	www.babylon.com /definition/blitz/All (515 words)

	Baedeker Blitz at AllExperts
		The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of Vergeltungsangriffe (retaliatory raids) German bombing raids on English cities in response to the bombing of the erstwhile Hanseatic League city of LÃ¼beck during World War II.
		It was claimed that LÃ¼beck was being used to supply the Russian Front.
		The German bombers suffered heavy losses for minimal damage inflicted, and the Axis' need for reinforcements in North Africa and Russian Front meant further operations were restricted to hit-and-run raids on coastal towns by a few Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bombers.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/baedeker_blitz.htm (410 words)

	Exeter Memories - The story of the Exeter Blitz, May 1942
		Of 20,000 houses in the city, 1,500 were destroyed, 2,700 seriously damaged and the majority of the remaining 16,000 sustained some slight damage.
		Sources - Exeter Burning by Peter Thomas, Exeter, the Blitz and Rebirth of the City by Norman Venning, Exeter Blitz, A Souvenir Account, Devon Learning Resources, Express and Echo, Brian Slemming, Exeter Phoenix by Thomas Sharp, Allan H Mazonowicz © 2005/7 David Cornforth - not to be used without permission
		During that major three day Blitz Paris street was particularly hard hit.
	www.exetermemories.co.uk /EM/Exeterblitz.html (2157 words)

	VE Day 60 Years: Both Sides Of The Air War - Norwich In World War Two - Norwich City Guide local history
		The most destructive and notorious attacks on the city were known as the Baedeker Blitz, during which Norwich was heavily bombed in April 1942.
		Of the many fine churches in Norwich, it was sadly one of the oldest that was destroyed during the Baedeker Blitz.
		During the Baedeker Blitz St Julian’s had almost everything except its north wall and porch completely annihilated by a high explosive bomb.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /norwich/local/TRA27970.html?ixsid=5KRKA2Cyuv2 (1903 words)

	Baedeker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The guides, often referred as simply "Baedekers" (sometimes the term is used about similar works from other publishers), contain important introductions, descriptions of buildings, of museum collections, etc., written by the best specialists, and are frequently revised in order to be up to date.
		Founded by Karl Baedeker in 1827, the company relocated in 1872 to Leipzig under his third son Fritz Baedeker, who took over control of the company following the death and disablement of his older brothers.
		Prior to World War I, Baedeker's guides were famous enough that baedekering became an English language verb for the process of travelling a country for the purpose of writing a travel guide or travelogue about it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baedeker (492 words)

	Blitz is the German word for lightning Often used figuratively as... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Blitz is the German word for lightning Often used figuratively as...
		For information on the (Luftwaffe Luftwaffe's) bombing campaign against London London during World War II, see The Blitz The Blitz and Battle of Britain Battle of Britain.
		A Chess Blitz Chess Blitz is a fast Chess Chess-game with only 5 minutes for each player.
	www.biodatabase.de /blitz (150 words)

	The Blitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For other articles with similar names, see Blitz (disambiguation).
		Although the word Blitz is a shortening of the German word blitzkrieg, meaning "lightning war," it was not an example of blitzkrieg but was an early example of strategic bombing.
		de:The Blitz es:Blitz fr:Blitz he:הבליץ nl:Blitzkrieg#Blitz op Londen ja:ブリッツ pt:Blitz sv:Blitzen
	www.selfobjects.com /mediawiki/index.php/The_Blitz (1581 words)

	German English: B
		"When he catches sight through his window of a group of strangers, Baedekers in hand, asking directions of a policeman, he merely hopes that they won't seek out, through this tangle of streets, the traghetto San Gregorio...." Ian Littlewood, A Literary Companion to Venice, 1995, p.
		a series of raids conducted by the German Luftwaffe during World War II on cities of cultural and historical interest in England reputedly chosen from the Baedeker tourist guide to Britain.
		The Great York Air Raid: The Baedeker bombing attack on York, April 29th, 1942, Leo Kessler, 1979.
	germanenglishwords.com /rlgb.htm (2301 words)

	Blitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blitz (Brazilian band), a new wave Brazilian band from the eighties
		Blitz: The League, a later American football game series developed by Midway Games after the National Football League signed an exclusive licensing deal with Electronic Arts.
		Blitz was the codename of GDR spy Hüseyin Yıldırım
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blitz (534 words)

	Shofar FTP Archives: places/england/baedeker-blitz
		The results were inevitable with the cores of these historic cities severely damaged and many civilian casualties resulted.
		For the first time in the war terror of the civilian population had become an explicit arm of the strategic planners.
		Nor did the appellation 'Baedeker' come from the mouth of Adolf Hitler.
	www.nizkor.org /ftp.cgi/ftp.py?places/england/baedeker-blitz (337 words)

	British Military Aviation in 1942- Part 3
		Such is their effect that the Germans for the first time use the phrase Terrorangriff (Terror raids) to describe them.
		A total of 9,599 sorties are flown by the Luftwaffe against Malta, during which 6,500 tons of bombs are dropped.
		This sequence of attacks becomes known as the 'Baedeker Blitz'.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1942_3.html (939 words)

	Bath Blitz Memorial Project
		The first description of the Bath Blitz was written soon after the event by Claude Wimhurst of the Bath and Wilts Chronicle and Herald.
		The Bath Blitz then became a forgotten episode as ruined buildings were demolished or restored.
		Whereas other books about Bath in the Second World War have concentrated solely on the Baedeker Blitz, Bath at War is unique in that it looks at the whole experience of war in the city from 1939 through to 1945, and how it affected the daily lives of its citizens.
	www.thejwarrens.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /bathblitz/video2.htm (2497 words)

	War History
		In retaliation for Allied raids on Lubeck, Hitler targeted Bath as part of the Baedeker Blitz.
		These raids were focused on English cities of cultural significance and were selected specifically from the Baedeker tourist guides.
		The Bath Blitz Memorial Project was founded to ensure that Bath's role in World War II is not forgotten.
	www.royalcrescentbath.com /HistoryBathatWar.htm (771 words)

	Wikinfo \| Exeter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As a result the city declined in relative importance, and was spared the rapid nineteenth century development that changed many historic European cities out of all recognition; this may be why it is nowadays regularly voted within the top few cities of the United Kingdom for quality of life.
		World War II Exeter was extensively bombed by the Germans during WWII, in a 1942 raid that formed part of the Baedeker Blitz.
		Forty acres of the city were levelled by incendiary bombing by the German Luftwaffe: many historic buildings were destroyed, and others including Exeter Cathedral were damaged.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Exeter (1581 words)

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