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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 Second Great Fire of London in December 1940 was caused by one of the most destructive air raids of the Blitz during World War II. The Luftwaffe raid caused fires over an area greater than that of the Great Fire of London in 1666, [2] leading one American correspondent to say in a cable to his office that "The second Great Fire of London has begun". [3]
SS Malakand was a cargo liner built in 1919 for the Brocklebank Line.She was the second Brocklebank Line ship named after the Malakand area of the Indian subcontinent.. During World War II, Malakand was loaded with munitions at the Huskisson Dock in Liverpool, England, on the evening of 3 May 1941 during a heavy German air raid – a part of the city's "May Blitz" – when flames from dock ...
Pages in category "May 1941 events in the United Kingdom" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Emergency services tackled 97 fires on the night of the Nottingham Blitz on 8 and 9 May 1941 ...
Bennett Southwell, GC (21 March 1913 – 17 October 1940) was a member of a Royal Navy team carrying out bomb disposal when he was killed during the London blitz. He was awarded a posthumous George Cross .
Operation Steinbock or Operation Capricorn (German: Unternehmen Steinbock), sometimes called the Baby Blitz or Little Blitz, was a strategic bombing campaign by the German Air Force (the Luftwaffe) during the Second World War. It targeted southern England and lasted from January to May 1944. Steinbock was the last strategic air offensive by the ...
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.