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The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing by the Nazi German Luftwaffe of the city of Birmingham and surrounding towns in central England, beginning on 9 August 1940 as a fraction of the greater Blitz, which was part of the Battle of Britain; and ending on 23 April 1943.
Birmingham High Street, looking towards the Bull Ring area, after heavy bombing on 10 April 1941. Birmingham was bombed again during December (3, 4, 11) and on 11 March 1941, but the full Birmingham Blitz came in April 1941, with heavy raids on the nights of 9/10 and 10/11 of the month, causing extensive damage and casualties.
Estimated death toll Attacking force Notes Wieluń: Poland: 1 September 1939 c. 1,300 Oberkommando der Luftwaffe: See: Bombing of Wieluń. Warsaw: Poland: 1–27 September 1939 6,000–7,000 [5] Oberkommando der Luftwaffe: See: Bombing of Warsaw in World War II. Rotterdam: Netherlands: 14 May 1940 884 Oberkommando der Luftwaffe: Firestorm. See ...
Birmingham was bombed again during December (3, 4, 11) and on 11 March 1941, but the full Birmingham Blitz came in April 1941, with heavy raids on the nights of 9/10 and 10/11 of the month, causing extensive damage and casualties. [14] [17] The Blitz is generally held to have ended on 16 May 1941 with another attack on Birmingham.
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The Blitz, explained The German air force’s bombing of London from Sept. 7, 1940, to May 11, 1941, left about 43,500 people dead and many more homeless. The attack campaign became known as "the ...
“Blitz” is a predominantly fictional story, although its characters and events are based on meticulous research. George, for instance, ...
25–30 October: Birmingham Blitz: Heavy air raids on city centre. 7 November: St Philip's Cathedral is bombed and gutted. 19 November: Birmingham Blitz: Heavy air raids in the Birmingham area begin with 53 deaths at the Birmingham Small Arms Company factory in Small Heath alone.