From: "Paul Ranson" 

> Since the Brits knew the target well in advance of the raid, they could
have
> evacuated the city.  They also could have had the RAF muster extra
fighters in
> the area.  They did neither.

They didn't.

Have you tried evacuating a city?

What extra fighters?

> Check David Kahn's 'The Codebreakers' (MacMillan, 1966), I think there's
> something in there about it.  It is NOT an urban legend.

I posted a link to a Churchill web site that seemed to be well sourced.

Paul

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