Random bombing kills 32
29th September 1942: In one of the worst instances of 'nuisance bombing' a rural school is hit out of the blue
The German threat of an invasion of Britain had now almost entirely disappeared. At the beginning of 1942 it had still seemed possible that Soviet Russia might collapse under a new German offensive and then Britain would become the focus of attention. But now Germany was stuck, fully engaged, in Russia.
This did not stop the L…
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