Nuisance raid explained

During World War II, both the Allied and Axis powers used nuisance raids to divert the attention of military defenses from raids occurring elsewhere, to attack "targets of opportunity" such as trains, convoys and troop movements and to keep the air-raid sirens sounding, thus preventing civilian factory workers and resting troops from gaining any meaningful sleep.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Zandvoort . Reinard Willem . Wartime English: Materials for a Linguistic History of World War II . 1957 . J. B. Wolters . 165 . 19 February 2020.
  2. Book: Hugo . Richard . The Real West Marginal Way: A Poet's Autobiography . 17 June 1992 . W. W. Norton & Company . 100 . 9780393308600 . 19 February 2020.
  3. Book: Lowe . Keith . Inferno: The Fiery Destruction of Hamburg, 1943 . 2007 . Scribner . 229 . 9780743269001 . 19 February 2020.

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