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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, ... but there were no deaths.
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. [23] [33] [34] The Blitz is generally held to have ended on 16 May 1941 with another attack on Birmingham.
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 ...
Pages in category "Deaths by German airstrikes during The Blitz" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Deaths by German airstrikes during The Blitz (53 P) Pages in category "The Blitz" ... Belfast Blitz; Birmingham Blitz;
The list omits war-time deaths by enemy fire, such as the many police officers killed by air raids during the Second World War. [1] The list also omits the more than 300 officers of the former Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) killed in paramilitary assassinations or attacks during The Troubles. [2]
George Walter Inwood, GC (22 September 1905 – 16 October 1940) was a soldier of the British Home Guard during the Second World War who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the "highest form of cool courage and self-sacrifice for others" he displayed on the night of the 15/16 October 1940 during the Birmingham Blitz.