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The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941, [4] for slightly over 8 months during the Second World War.. The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities, beginning with raids on London towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940 (a battle for daylight air superiority between the Luftwaffe ...
The Sheffield Blitz is the name given to the worst nights of German Luftwaffe bombing in Sheffield, England, during the Second World War. It took place during nighttime on 12 and 15 December 1940. In 1940, Sheffield was a city of about 560,000 people and contained industries primarily centred on steel and armaments.
The Tree of Life memorial dedicated to the victims of the Blitz in Birmingham. Sculpted by Lorenzo Quinn, it was unveiled in the Bull Ring by Councillor John Hood on 8 October 2005. Several service people were decorated for their heroism during the blitz. They include: Charity Bick, GM [18] George Inwood, GC [19] William Mosedale, GC [20]
World War II ended in Europe with Nazi Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945. How children were evacuated during the Blitz A small boy with his luggage as he left London for the country with other ...
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 Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning "lightning war" listen ⓘ) was a series of bombing raids that took place on the British city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force ( Luftwaffe ).
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. Being a large port city on the south ...
The Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz) was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the German Luftwaffe.