Exeter with no reason to be bombed was. This is a result of the RAF bombing the German city of Lumbeck. Lumbeck is a very cultural city and Hitler was enraged when he Heard its cathedral had been bombed. The reason it was bomb was that there was a weapons factory on its border. But Hitler found a tourist book of Britain and picked the most beautiful towns and bombed them, Exeter was first to be hit.
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The first bombing on St Thomas, Exeter in the Second World War, was on 7th August 1940. It was an innocuous affair and reported thus:
"Five bombs fell on a south west town on Wednesday night. Little damage was done to property, and the only casualties were a middle aged man who was able to walk to a first aid post, a canary which died from shock and a few chickens." Express and Echo 9th August 1940.
"Five bombs fell on a south west town on Wednesday night. Little damage was done to property, and the only casualties were a middle aged man who was able to walk to a first aid post, a canary which died from shock and a few chickens." Express and Echo 9th August 1940.