<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: In response to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Blitz" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coventry Blitz">leveling of Coventry</a> by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bombing of Hamburg in World War II">bombs Hamburg</a>.