Coventry Blitz. Waterman investigates if Churchill knew

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An early warning could actually have made matters worse. Efforts to fight the fires were already hampered by the fact that many residents and business owners had fled the city the night before.

The destruction and loss of life in Coventry was also pivotal in swaying American opinion in support of the British cause. Up until then they had seriously considered abandoning it.