Several hundred. I do not know if the Germans ever mounted a thousand bomber raid, which the Allies certainly did in retaliation. Also the Germans did not have a 4 engined bomber, excepting the He 177, (4 engines driving 2 airscrews !) & their aircraft did not carry the devastating response of the RAF & USAAF later in the war.
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There were dozens of different bombers. At least 30 that I can think of easily. In WW2 possibly the most famous were the British Lancaster, the American B-17 Fortress and the German Heinkel 111.
Blitz is short for Blitzkrieg, German for lightning war
The word blitz is German for lightning. It was originally used to describe a new German tactic of rapid , all-conquering invasion which was called blitzkrieg or lighting war. When the Germans started to bomb British cities the British used the word blitz jokingly to describe the nightly raids of German bombers which killed thousands, mostly women and children, and destroyed huge areas of Londons crowded East End.
They called it the blitz.
The word Blitz is the German word meaning lighting. The correct term for what many call the blitz is the Blitzkrieg, which means lighting war. The Blitzkreig is the war stratagy used by the Germans to invade enemy countries during World War 2
The Blitz - short for blitzkrieg - German for lightning strike.