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History. The main German bombing across the UK occurred until June 1941. [1] Around 40,000 people were killed. The German raids began as daylight raids, but would later be mostly at night from September 1940 onwards. The Luftwaffe dropped around 36,800 tonnes in 1940 and around 21,800 tonnes in 1941. It would drop around 3,000 tonnes per year ...
At least 2,000 dead. [30] World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military strategy is distinct both from close air support of ground forces and from tactical air power. [31]
The location, size and date of bombs dropped on Norwich were mapped by the Air Raid Precautions, as part of the UK bomb census. [3] [6] The bombs were physically mapped on 6-foot-square (1.8 m) map, created from three Ordnance Survey maps and mounted on chipboard, using 679 paper labels.
The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Large-scale attacks took place on several nights throughout March 1941, resulting in over 200 deaths. The most concentrated attacks were on the nights of 7/8 and 8/9 May 1941, resulting in just ...
Nottingham Blitz. Map of locations of bombing in Nottingham during the Second World War. Published in the Nottingham Evening Post 17 May 1945. The Nottingham Blitz was an attack by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on Nottingham during the night of 8–9 May 1941. [1]
630 dead, circa 2000 injured. The Southampton Blitz was the heavy bombing of Southampton by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during World War II. Southampton was a strategic bombing target for the Luftwaffe as it contained both busy docks with associated business premises and factories and the Supermarine factory building Spitfires in Woolston.
May 2017: Three British World War II bombs were defused in Hanover, requiring the evacuation of 50,000 people. [34] September 2017: A bomb dropped by the USAAF during World War II led to the evacuation of 21,000 people in Koblenz. [35] September 2017: 70,000 people had to leave their homes in Frankfurt after a British bomb was discovered. [36]
Hugo Sperrle. Fighter-bomber attacks on the United Kingdom during World War II were conducted by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. The Jagdwaffe (German fighter force) carried out these operations. Initially the raids formed part of the final stages of the Battle of Britain, and mainly targeted London.